Cour des Comptes urges greater study of nuclear projects risks given poor recent investments and the fact EDF must fund likely cost overrunsEDF’s £18bn project to build nuclear reactors in Britain is potentially risky for the state-owned utility,whose foreign investments in recent years have proved disappointing, France’s top public auditor has said.
In a report on EDF’s international strategy, and the Cour des Comptes – the French equivalent of the UK’s National Audit Office – said EDF and its 85% state shareholding should recall a close peek at the risks associated with the project to build two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset. Related: Give support to Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project,government told Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com