French energy giant EDF learned the British government wanted to delay its final decision on the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant the day before its board met to approve the plan, according to an email from its CEO seen by AFP. EDF approved the £18 billion project ($24 billion, 21 billion euro) plan to build Britain's first new nuclear plant in decades -- a project that had deeply divided the company's directors -- on July 28. In an email to EDF's executive committee, CEO Jean-Bernard Levy said he learned "late on the evening of Wednesday 27" that British Prime Minister Theresa May "was asking for a little more time, without reassessing the project, without giving the date when it could be signed," and "that she would not discuss the matter".
