Delays threaten nuclear project
Trade union GMB has warned that delays at the new Hinkley Point C nuclear station could derail the project.
Energy company EDF is negotiating with the Government over the “strike price”, the amount it will be able to charge for electricity generated at the new station.
A DECC spokesman said progress is being made, “but we need to be sure that any deal is right for the UK consumer and makes commercial sense. As ministers have always said, we will not do a deal at any price.”
GMBsaid there is a serious worry that delays could derail this project which would be a disaster for both employment and for the carbon free power the station will generate.
Phil Whitehurst,
GMBNational officer for engineering construction, said:
“This is disappointing news for this essential infrastructure project.
This Government has shown yet again its ineptitude in failing to conclude negotiations for the strike price for power from this nuclear station.
The thousands of construction workers due on the project will not be needed for some time and some of those now there face being laid off.
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GMBare still in talks with EDF over sector specific agreements.”
