Brussels is to launch a full investigation into whether the contract for Britain’s first nuclear power plant in a generation offers illegal state support, casting the project into doubt until at least next summer.
Joaquín Almunia, the EU competition commissioner, is preparing to announce the probe as early as next week, according to people involved in the case.
The deal that is under scrutiny is the contract signed in October between the UK government and French utility EDF for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset. When built it will provide 7 per cent of the country’s electricity.
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