U.K. Nuclear Inspector to Release Final Post-Fukushima Report

You don’t want to be told you have to invest in additional safety measures as that will increase operating costs and you don’t want your new-build plans to have additional capital requirements,” MF Global analyst Ashley Thomas said in a telephone interview. The companies most affected by the report’s findings include Centrica Plc and Electricite de France SA, he said.

EDF owns 15 of Britain’s 19 operating nuclear reactors, accounting for 18 percent of total power generation, and is planning to build four more. The Paris-based utility acquired all of the U.K.’s atomic plants in 2008 before selling a 20 percent stake to Centrica, along with the option to be a minority investor in new plants.

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