EDF Picks Rolls Royce as Supplier for Nuclear Plant in UK

By Inti Landauro

PARIS--French state-owned power utility Electricité de France (EDF.FR) on Thursday said it selected Rolls Royce Holdings PLC (RR.LN) to supply machinery for the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant it is considering building in Somerset in the U.K., the first nuclear power station to be built in Britain in two decades.

EDF picked Rolls Royce to supply heat exchangers worth 25 million pounds ($38 million) and a joint venture between the same company and Nuvia to supply and install two systems for the treatment and waste processing of reactor coolant worth GBP75 million.

The decision to select the suppliers comes as EDF, which is supported in the project by the China General Nuclear Corp. and China National Nuclear Corp., said it is preparing the final investment decision for the project.

The 3,200 megawatt plant will cost GBP24.5 billion and be built adjacent to existing nuclear facilities at Hinkley. It will utilize the new European pressurized reactors and will power 6 million homes.

-Write to Inti Landauro at inti.landauro@wsj.com

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September 24, 2015 01:55 ET (05:55 GMT)

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