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Plans to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in England face renewed controversy after the finance director of project leader EDF resigned. As Ivor Bennett reports, shares in the French company fell 6 percent.
Failing to go ahead with the Hinkley Point nuclear project could threaten China's relationship with Britain, its ambassador to the UK has warned in the Financial Times. As Joanna Webster reports, Liu Xiaoming said the delay had brought the two countries to a "crucial historical juncture".
Britain's government has said it will launch a new review into a controversial project with French energy company EDF to build the UK's first new nuclear plant in decades. Jo Webster reports on the surprise move.
In Tarn-et-Garonne, angry farmers are blocking access to the Golfech nuclear power station, which supplies electricity to the Toulouse region. Around fifty tractors and several bales of straw are blocking traffic. IMAGES
A view of the coastline near the Fukushima-Daiichi facility as Japan begins releasing wastewater from the crippled nuclear plant, in an operation it insists is safe but which has generated a fierce backlash from China. IMAGES
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