Hitachi ditches UK nuclear power projects

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Construction work on the Wylfa project had originally been due to start this year | Credit: Horizon Nuclear Power
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Construction work on the Wylfa project had originally been due to start this year | Credit: Horizon Nuclear Power

But Japanese engineering giant promises to 'keep the lines of communication with government' on the future of the Wylfa and Oldbury sites

Hitachi has officially scrapped plans to build new nuclear power plants at Wylfa on Anglesey and Oldbury in Gloucestershire amid ongoing struggles to drum-up additional financing for the high profile projects,...

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