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AMONG the visitors to 10 Downing Street this week were the leading lights at Centrica, the nation's biggest energy retailer. The British Gas owner won't divulge what was on chief executive Sam Laidlaw and chairman Roger Carr's agenda, but it is a safe bet that discussion strayed to the clouded and ambiguous future of our nuclear industry.
British Energy, which generates around 20pc of our power from an ageing fleet of nuclear reactors, is up for sale. Centrica would like a piece of the pie, but like so much of the UK's energy industry, BE is likely to fall into foreign hands.See the full content of this document
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