6 Jul (NucNet): The announcement by French state-controlled utility EDF that it has added £1.5bn (€1.7bn, $1.9bn) to its estimated costs for two new reactors at Hinkley Point C, has led to questions about whether the government should rethink the project, with some politicians calling for it to be abandoned.
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