Sizewell C in Suffolk granted nuclear site licence

French energy company EDF gets go-ahead for next stage of project, but campaigners say they are ‘appalled’

A planned nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk has been granted the first site licence in more than a decade as investors and government officials race to finalise a deal for the multibillion-pound project this year.

The licence from the nuclear regulator is considered a milestone for EDF, which plans to build Sizewell C as a replica of the Hinkley Point project in Somerset, which has been dogged by delays and cost overruns.