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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Hinkley Point C woes threaten to break UK and France’s nuclear fusion

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Employees look up at the construction site of Hinkley Point C
The construction costs of Hinkley Point C have climbed to £35bn in 2015 prices, almost double the original forecast of £18bn in 2016. Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

French trade unions wield significant political clout. But in the summer of 2016 there was little they could do to stop the French government from investing in what would soon become the most expensive power station in the world.

All six trade union representatives on the board of Électricité de France (EDF) voted against a deal to build a nuclear power station in the UK. It was just weeks after its finance chief, Thomas Piquemal, resigned from the company over fears that Hinkley Point C in Somerset was too great a risk. The project was approved by 10 in favour and seven against.

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