Could China build Britain’s Hinkley nuclear power plant using stolen US technology?
‘Britain’s Chinese partner in the Hinkley Point nuclear power station deal is facing espionage charges in the United States, it has emerged.
China General Nuclear Power (CGN), the state-owned energy giant, has been accused of leading a conspiracy to steal American power industry secrets to speed up the development and production of Chinese reactor technology, according to the Times.
Szuhsiung Ho, a senior adviser to CGN, is due in court in Tennessee next week accused of recruiting six American nuclear experts to obtain sensitive nuclear technology information for China, in a plot that threatened US security.’
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