Its call came as France’s EDF admitted to further delays in the start-up date for its planned £24.5bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset which will not now begin generating power in 2023 – a date which has already been put back several times.
Critics have warned the Conservative government against relying on a new generation of nuclear stations to meet the UK’s predicted energy supply crunch as coal-fired plants are closed over the next few years.
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