China Investing in new will be blocked Sizewell C power station, Energy secretary Where are you
It comes that the Chancellor announced plans Pump billions of pounds in Britain’s nuclear power sector, Put £ 14.2bn towards the construction of the new plant.
Asked if China will be able to invest in the new power station, Safok, Ed Milliband BBC Radio 4 told the Today program: “No”.
But he refused to invest from other foreign governments, saying: “I am not going who are private bidders. We have got a process at this time.
“This is a majority public investment in this, we are going to get some private investment in Sizwell C, but obviously, it always undergoes national security checks.
“It is about making sure that any bidder … are those you want part of your nuclear power station.”
It comes amid growing worries Effect of Chinese effects on British infrastructure and supply chains.
In April, government officials and British Steel employees found themselves a foot to save their blast furnace, saying that the ministers believe that there was a conspiracy by its Chinese owners to vandalize the Scanthorpe plant.
The MPs passed the emergency law, allowing the government to seize control over British steel after jing, its Chinese owners appeared ready to shut down the blast furnace on the site.
China was initially included in size nuclear power station, But in 2022, Government of UK excluded BeijingSpending £ 679m of taxpayer cash as part of a exhaust deal.
China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) was also an early investor Hinkle Point C Nuclear Power StationOn which the sizewell has been modeled, making it a 33.5 percent stake. But it stopped funding in 2023 amid increasing tension between London and BeijingWhich means that one -third of its stake in recent years.
In 2016, CGN was charged with nuclear espionage by the US government, resulting in an employee sentenced to two years in jail. 17-The prosecution of the page accused the company and its employees of illegally plotting to develop nuclear materials in China and “with the intention of securing a profit for the People’s Republic of China”.
Multi-Billion Pound Investment in Sizewell C will be confirmed by Chancellor GMB Union’s annual Congress on Tuesday, a few days ago it is In the review of Wednesday’s spending, unsafe departments are expected to make a widespread cut.
Safok plantThe ministers said that there would be power equal to six million houses, it is expected to start completing almost a decade, the authorities hope that it will be operational before the end of the 2030s.
This is the central to give “the Golden Age of Clean Energy abundance”, the Energy Secretary said, arguing that it will promote Britain’s energy security by reducing the dependence on purchasing power from abroad.
