EDF will become shareholder in Britain's Sizewell C nuclear project, Elysee says

Electricite de France SA

08/07/2025 13:36

Corrects paragraph 1 to make clear EDF is not becoming a shareholder for first time

LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) - French nuclear energy utility EDF will invest approximately £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) in the Sizewell C nuclear project in Britain in which it is already a shareholder, the French presidency said on Tuesday.

State-owned EDF will have a 12.5% ​​stake in the project, it added.

($1 = 0.7363 pounds)

 (Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau, Geert De Clercq and Dominique Patton; Writing by Makini Brice)

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