Hinkley nuclear agreement - the reaction

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All the reaction to the announcement EDF is set to build the UK's first new nuclear reactor

After 12 months of negotiations, the UK government has today agreed a deal with French energy company EDF to build the country's first nuclear reactor in a generation. The deal will see EDF guaranteed...

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