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EDF Executive Fears Hinkley (Planned UK) Nuclear Plant Will Never Be Finished
EDF Executive Fears Hinkley Nuclear Plant Will Never Be Finished
As the £18bn nuclear power project's future hangs in the balance, an EDF and union veteran casts doubt on the design.
Saturday 03 September 2016
By Siobhan Robbins, News Correspondent
An executive at the company hoping to build the new Hinkley Point nuclear power station in Somerset has told Sky News he fears it will never be finished.
Norbert Tangy has worked at EDF for more than 40 years and is the president of the French FNCS Union, which represents senior energy executives.
He claims the current plans for the site are flawed and need time to be revised.
Mr Tangy warned: "If we go ahead now, Hinkley Point will never work, it will never be finished.
"We'll have a never-ending construction as we had in Olkiluoto ...
http://news.sky.com/story/edf-executive-fears-hinkley-nuclear-plant-will-never-be-finished-10562668
As the £18bn nuclear power project's future hangs in the balance, an EDF and union veteran casts doubt on the design.
Saturday 03 September 2016
By Siobhan Robbins, News Correspondent
An executive at the company hoping to build the new Hinkley Point nuclear power station in Somerset has told Sky News he fears it will never be finished.
Norbert Tangy has worked at EDF for more than 40 years and is the president of the French FNCS Union, which represents senior energy executives.
He claims the current plans for the site are flawed and need time to be revised.
Mr Tangy warned: "If we go ahead now, Hinkley Point will never work, it will never be finished.
"We'll have a never-ending construction as we had in Olkiluoto ...
