Simon Jenkins writes that “To question China’s good intentions in financing the power station [at Hinkley Point] is silly. But Hinkley Point is a dud, 11 August). The China General Nuclear Group (CGN), which is involved in financing Hinkley Point, expects to build a new nuclear station with its own reactor at Bradwell in return for its involvement at Hinkley. The indictment specifically relates to Hualong One and the “verification and validation of nuclear reactor codes”. Israel and the US planted the Stuxnet bug in the nuclear reactor at Bushehr in Iran in 2010.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2016 17:37 UTC