Japanese firm Hitachi has just paid nearly £700m for the acquisition of UK nuclear power consortium Horizon, which owns the potential new build sites at Oldbury, near Bristol, and Wylfa, in north Wales. Hitachi's preferred design is the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor, or ABWR.
UK anti-nuclear groups slam Hitachi acquisition of Horizon, call for boycott
Joint media release from Kick Nuclear and Japanese Against Nuclear (UK)
October 31, 2012 – for immediate release