The French state electricity giant building Britains new nuclear power plant was accused by environmentalists yesterday of a gross underestimation of the cost of atomic energy.
Greenpeace claimed that if EDF disclosed the true cost of running a fleet of reactors in France while financing two new ones in the UK, it would be declared bankrupt. The allegation was made after Greenpeace commissioned an audit by AlphaValue, the equity research company.
The claims were denied by EDF, which said its accounts had been certified by official aud…
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