A Chinese nuclear institute has emerged as one of the winners of the UK government’s recent competition for advanced modular reactors, the Financial Times can reveal.
The Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET), a research department based at Tsinghua university, is the prime sub-contractor on the contract.
It has teamed up with a UK engineering advisory group, DBD, which is spearheading the bid but the Chinese role was not disclosed in the government release on the deal. China already holds a stake in the Hinkley Point nuclear plant but ministers have been sensitive about the country having a controlling stake in projects.