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EDF: nuclear plant security boosted after Paris attacks
France's EDF has boosted security at its nuclear plants after the Paris attacks in which 130 persons lost their lives last week, the chief of the state-controlled utility declared on Tuesday.
read more... 25/11/2015
China will purchase 33.5% stake in EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear facility in UK
China General Nuclear Power (CGN) has inked an investment deal with EDF for the building and operation of the suggested Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, the country’s first new nuclear plant to be constructed in more than 20 years.
read more... 23/10/2015
EDF and Chinese partners on the edge to conclude Hinkley Point nuclear deal
EDF and Chinese partners are on the edge to conclude a deal to build the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant and are preparing to ink a heads of terms agreement during next week’s visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping in Britain.
read more... 15/10/2015
Areva and EDF will preserve 66 percent of nuclear reactor firm
The French government wants utility EDF and nuclear conglomerate Areva, both state-owned, to preserve a stake of 66 percent in Areva's previous reactor building unit Areva NP, as stated by a government source on Tuesday.
read more... 07/10/2015
Chinese companies envisaging 30% or less in Hinkley Point
The two Chinese firms expected to aid fund the Hinkley Point nuclear plant in Britain are only ready to take a 30 percent stake in the project, as reported in the Times on Saturday, in a blow to the site's proprietor EDF.
read more... 05/10/2015