Britain to review EDF's Hinkley Point nuclear energy plan

London

BRITAIN has cast doubt on a US$24 billion project with French utility EDF to build the UK's first new nuclear plant in decades, delaying a final decision on the plan just weeks after the "Brexit" vote ushered in a new prime minister.

The surprise decision to review the Hinkley Point C project was made public hours after the board of French state-controlled EDF voted to proceed with it.