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Carbon Connect report finds investors can expect up to 21 per cent return on investment from the UK's newest reactor

EDF and its investors can expect substantial returns for building the UK's first new nuclear reactor in a generation that are set to be far higher than other projects, a cross-party think tank has said....

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