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VIENNA / BRUSSELS. Court awards state aid for the Hinkley Point nuclear project

Hinkley Point British Project (APA) Photo: APA / AFP / EDF ENGERY / HO

) ruled today on Austria's request regarding the British Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project. The opposition was filed in July 2015 by the Red-Black Government of the United Kingdom. # 39; era.

The approval of the European Commission is canceled must be explained. The British Rudi Anschober, a member of the Upper Austrian government, announced yesterday at a press conference in Vienna the imminent verdict "a first central decision" on the future of nuclear energy in Europe. Three scenarios are possible: either the court simply rejects the trial, or the decision is sent back to the European Commission for reconsideration or – according to Anschober – to the ECJ "Aid to nuclear energy for fundamentally inadmissible". The green politician made reference to this expectation in action points 1 and 2, which he called "the key" to this concern. He argues that there is no "nuclear energy market" and that nuclear energy is not a "new technology".

If one of the parties appeals, a final decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ)

Two pressurized water reactors will be built at Hinkley Point, as currently under construction at Flamanville (France) and in Olkiluoto, Finland. (chk)

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