Business secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed a Chinese company is “no longer involved” in plans for a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C, in Suffolk on the east coast of England.
Shapps made the announcement on Tuesday as he confirmed the government was giving the go-ahead to the £20 billion ($24 billion) project—which the Treasury will invest £700 million ($840 million) in—subject to consultation and planning permission being granted.
France’s EDF Energy, which is building the Hinkley Point C reactor in Somerset, is the majority partner behind Sizewell C, but SNP energy spokesman Alan Brown had asked the business secretary if China General Nuclear would play a part in the project….