The executive in charge of EDF’s project to build an £18 billion nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset has quit the French state-controlled electricity company for a job in the United States.
Christopher Bakken III, the American who has served as project director for EDF’s Hinkley plant since 2011, is leaving to take up a new role as chief nuclear officer for Entergy, an American utility company, EDF said.
His departure comes amid growing questions over the project. Last week, EDF delayed a key board meeting at which executives were expected to make a final investment decision on building the nuclear facility. Once built in the mid-2020s, it would generate 7 per cent of UK electricity.
EDF said: “Chris Bakken has decided to