UN Asks U.K. to Pause Hinkley Nuclear Plant Work for Assessment
- UN committee calls for halt to allow envirnonmental studies
- EDF won approval to build 18 billion-pound plant in September
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A United Nations committee asked the U.K. to suspend work on the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant pending assessment of the environmental impact.
The UN Economic Commission for Europe requested the pause, it said in a document on its website. Electricite de France SA, the French state-controlled utility, won approval to build an 18 billion-pound ($22.3 billion) nuclear plant on England’s western coast in September. To help shoulder the construction costs, EDF convinced China General Nuclear Power Corp. to take 33.5 percent of the project.