Hinkley Point plan back in spotlight as EDF executive quits

Tensions over plans to build a new nuclear power station in Britain were exposed on Monday after the finance director of project leader EDF quit his job in protest, sending the French company's shares down over 6 percent. The 18 billion pound project in southwest England was first announced in October 2013 but a final investment decision has been repeatedly delayed. Developed as a partnership between state-controlled EDF and Chinese group CGN, the plan to build two 1,650-megawatt nuclear reactor