Reports: Hitachi considering suspending work on UK nuclear programme

Madeleine Cuff
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Wylfa Newydd plan under serious threat according to media reports that Hitachi is ready to pull the plug on UK nuclear work

Hitachi is preparing to put development plans for a new nuclear plant in the UK on hold following a funding dispute with the UK government, according to reports in the Nikkei Asian Review. Although...

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