British nuclear energy industry could attract South Korean investment

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Korean companies tipped to follow France and China into UK market in wake of deal for new Hinkley Point reactor

South Korea could become the next nation to take a stake in the British nuclear industry as the financing deal with France and China for a new reactor at Hinkley Point in Somerset creates a wave of wider...

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