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...Tim Yeo, a former Tory energy minister who chairs the New Nuclear Watch Institute, an industry-supported think-tank, said concerns about Chinese involvement in the UK nuclear power sector had been overstated...
...Tim Stone, chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, argues that the historic bill is not representative of what may happen in future....
...“Nuclear economics are very sensitive to the cost of capital, and the RAB or an equivalent funding mechanism would cut this dramatically,” said Tim Stone, chairman of the UK’s Nuclear Industry Association...
...Tim Yeo, a former Tory minister, said the UK government now had a choice of “China or nothing” if it wanted to proceed with its nuclear plans....
...“Progressive entry can be viewed as a sort of trade; if you do X we will give you Y,” said Tim Stone, chairman of the UK’s Nuclear Industry Association....
...But the tidal scheme is still above the £100/MWh “strike price” guaranteed to the French and Chinese companies behind Hinkley Point....
...“Subdued domestic economic conditions and an intense headwind from political uncertainty resulted in the weakest upturn in commercial work for seven months,” said Tim Moore, economics associate director...
...Moorside is one of six UK nuclear plants in the pipeline, although only Hinkley Point is under construction....
...Tim Yeo, a former Conservative minister, described the news as a “huge disappointment and a crushing blow”....
...The construction sector slipped back into a slower growth phase in August, with this summer’s catchup effect starting to unwind after projects were delayed by adverse weather at the start of 2018,” said Tim...
...Tim Harford writes about the art of political brinkmanship. Donald Trump, Theresa May and other elected politicians are threatening harm to their own countries as a bargaining tactic, he points out....
...It’s about much cleverer design that offers much-needed flexibility in terms of operation,” said Tim Stone, long-term industry adviser and chairman of Nuclear Risk Insurers, which insures nuclear sites in...
...Tim Clissold, a British expert on investing in China, said he was “quite hopeful” about the prospects for a mutually beneficial Sino-UK trade deal....
...Theresa May, the prime minister, was sufficiently concerned about the issue that last summer she temporarily halted plans for Hinkley Point, a new nuclear plant in Somerset, because of Chinese involvement...
...Tim Yeo, former chair of the Commons energy and climate change committee, said last month the government should commit funds during construction and then recover its equity or loans from private partners...
...Construction is under way of Britain’s first nuclear power station since the 1990s at Hinkley Point in Somerset....
...He said that with lingering doubts over the viability of Hinkley Point and Wylfa “the only way forward is if the government is willing to participate”....
...The Lib Dems will also try to steal a march on Labour by opposing a new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point and calling for higher taxes to fund the NHS....
...Tim Yeo, chairman of New Nuclear Watch Europe, a group which advocates for nuclear power, said international vendors should be invited to compete in an open tender....
...As concerns mount about whether a new nuclear power station will be built at Hinkley Point in Somerset, Tim Yeo, the former Conservative MP, has said he thinks the government needs to rethink its policy....
...Tim Malloch, a commercial litigator at Mishcon de Reya, said: “The commission made clear in 2014 that they would have to go back and approve any future aid [for Hinkley Point]....
...Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat leader, said the distribution of favours “would embarrass a medieval court”....
...Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat leader, said last month that the project was a “litmus test for the government”....
...In the immediate aftermath of the winter 2013-14 floods, UK civil engineering activity picked up at a survey-record pace, Tim Moore, senior economist at Markit, noted....
...Letter in response to this report: Mystified by Hinkley’s ‘political imperatives’ / From David Siddall...
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