Beyond Nuclear completes successful UK visit

Beyond Nuclear’s Paul and Linda Gunter recently returned from England where they met with and briefed UK nuclear experts and spoke to activist groups. The UK government is eager to build 10 new reactorsat sites now owned by French electricity giant, Électricité de France (EdF), which is endeavoring to score a “strike price” from the UK government. The deal, tantamount to a subsidy, would provide the EdF with a guaranteed price at which the UK would buy electricity. Talks are going slowly and there are indications that the Chinese may invest in the first of EdF's proposed new reactors - two Evolutionary Power Reactors at Hinkley Point, Somerset. Paul and Linda spoke in Somerset (Stop Hinkley) and Suffolk (Shut Sizewell, pictured left) - where EdF is also hoping to build an EPR - and met with academics and activists. They also attended a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament rally outside the 7 gates of the Aldermaston nuclear weapons complex where Linda spoke. Read more about the visit on our UK page.