UK to support nuclear reactors

Électricité de France (EDF) is confident of British political support to build nuclear reactors in southwest England regardless of who wins a May 7 general election.

“Whatever the result of the general election, the UK will deliver,” Vincent de Rivaz, head of EDF Energy Plc, the utility’s UK unit, told a conference in Paris. “The commitment to nuclear is strong on both sides of the channel.”

A final decision on the plan, which has been delayed, is being considered even as similar French and Finnish projects remain mired in timetable and cost overruns.