Hinkley Point could put EDF survival at risk, employee shareholders warn

Madeleine Cuff
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EDF employee shareholders describe UK nuclear station as 'financial catastrophe foretold', urging the energy giant to abandon the project

EDF's £18bn project to build new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in the UK is so financially risky that it puts the future of the French energy giant at risk, according to an association of employee...

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