Arm wrestling between the State and EDF on the British EPR


British Prime Minister Boris Johnson touches a generator during his tour of the Sizewell nuclear power station in Suffolk County on Thursday in England. CHRIS RADBURN/Pool via Reuters

INFO LE FIGARO – The draft agreement between EDF and London for the Sizewell site provides for the departure of the Chinese CGN.

Mess around the English EPR project at Sizewell. EDF’s board of directors on Wednesday postponed the signing of the government investment decision (GID) negotiated between EDF and the British government relating to the construction of a pair of EPR nuclear reactors at Sizewell, in Suffolk, we learned from five sources familiar with the matter.

The subject had been put on the agenda by the CEO of EDF, Jean-Bernard Lévy. But the representatives of the State were against, and the subject was de facto challenged by the Council without there having been a vote. Contacted, EDF management did not wish to confirm. The British government for its part validated the project on July 20.

Counterparts for the Chinese

“The French government has indicated that it will not implement the Sizewell agreement in the agreed manner, within the planned timetable”, indicates a source close to the case. A very tight schedule. The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, would have liked to officially co-sign the GID with Jean-Bernard…

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