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GE Hitachi joins race to build reactors

By Ed Crooks, Energy Editor

Published: November 23 2009 18:17 | Last updated: November 23 2009 18:17

A new nuclear reactor that its manufacturers say is safer than any design now available is to be put forward for approval for use in Britain.

GE Hitachi, a US-Japanese joint venture, is bidding to share in Britain’s nuclear renaissance, saying it has shown it can build reactors on time and on budget, avoiding the problems that have bedevilled other nuclear projects.

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