Japan, Hitachi to stump up $8.5 billion for Horizon nuclear project in Wales - source

By Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government and a Hitachi Ltd unit will compile a package worth around 1 trillion yen ($8.5 billion) for a UK nuclear power plant project, a government official involved in the project said on Thursday. The Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the Development Bank of Japan will provide financing for the project, the official told Reuters. The funding plans are a boost for the project, one of several new nuclear plants planned in the UK, w