Thursday, April 24, 2008

Civil role beckons for nuclear expertise

Civil role beckons for nuclear expertise

By Sylvia Pfeifer, Defence Industries Correspondent

Published: April 23 2008 22:37 | Last updated: April 23 2008 22:37

BAE Systems, Britain’s largest defence contractor, is looking to break into the civil nuclear market.

The company is keen to become involved in building nuclear power reactors and has held talks with “at least one” of the four companies that have submitted proposals to the government to provide designs for new reactors. The companies are Westinghouse, now owned by Toshiba; General Electric with Hitachi; France’s Areva; and AECL, the Canadian state-owned group.

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