EDF could build second nuclear plant 'for a fifth less than Hinkley Point'

Company claims a plant at Sizewell in Suffolk would be ?4bn cheaper than ?20bn projectEDF Energy has claimed it could build a second new nuclear power station in Britain that would be a fifth cheaper than the ?20bn Hinkley Point C project under construction in Somerset.The French state-owned company said a new plant at Sizewell on the Suffolk coast would be cheaper because of replication in construction techniques, existing grid connections and the exploration of new finance models. Continue reading...