EDF works council in new bid to delay Hinkley Point decision

The EDF works council has initiated new legal action to delay the French utility's decision about its 18 billion pound Hinkley Point nuclear project in Britain but the court will not rule before a board meeting on Thursday. EDF has called a board meeting for July 28 that will consider a final investment decision, which unions want to delay as they consider EDF's finances too stretched to take on a project of this magnitude. EDF works council secretary Jean-Luc Magnaval told Reuters the council h