EDF union board members file challenge to annul Hinkley Point vote

Five staff representatives on the board of EDF have filed a legal complaint seeking to annul the utility's decision to go ahead with its Hinkley Point nuclear project in Britain, EDF unions said in a joint statement on Wednesday. On July 28, EDF's board voted 10 to seven to proceed with the 18 billion pound project to build two nuclear reactors. The unions argue that EDF Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy and representatives of the French state should have informed the board that they knew the Br