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Hinkley nuclear reactor project gains EU approval, leak reveals
2014-09-22 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: British plans for a nuclear renaissance centred on a nuclear reactor in Somerset achieved a breakthrough when a nine-month European Union state aid investigation ended with a call for Brussels to approve the project. The EUs competition commissioner, Joaquín Almunia, had expressed scepticism that the Hinkley Point C scheme could satisfy the EUs stringent state aid criteria after the UK government agreed to underwrite the project with a loan guarantee and a commitment on the price of the electricity...
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