Areva awaits reactor verdict

Article reports that Areva of France and Toshiba of Japan will learn in the first six months of 2010 which has won the competition to work on one of the biggest nuclear projects, worth up to £20bn, when German energy groups RWE and Eon choose French or US-Japanese technology to build from four to six reactors in the UK, which is planning the biggest expansion of nuclear power in Europe.

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ESO: Background information: Deals to bring big expansion of nuclear energy http://www.europeansources.info/record/deals-to-bring-big-expansion-of-nuclear-energy/

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