China in talks to build UK nuclear power plants

Guardian: China is poised to make a dramatic intervention in Britain's energy future by offering to invest billions of pounds in building a series of new nuclear power stations. Officials from China's nuclear industry have been in high-level talks with ministers and officials at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) this week about a plan that could eventually involve up to five different reactors being built at a total cost of £35bn. Greenpeace described the move as desperate, while others...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/20/china-uk-nuclear-power-plants
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