UK nuke sector objective on CGN

Former British environment minister Tim Yeo said he expects Chinese investment in the United Kingdom's nuclear sector not to be deterred by pressure from the United States, stressing that British nuclear regulators will take an "evidence-based approach" to objectively assess Chinese investment.

Yeo was speaking to China Daily on Thursday, as an article in the Financial Times once again put China General Nuclear's UK nuclear investment in the media spotlight.

The FT article claimed that Christopher Ashley Ford, the US assistant secretary for international security and non-proliferation, told the UK government that the US had evidence to prove that CGN was "militarizing" civilian nuclear technology.