Kier chief warns EDF still might 'walkaway'

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The long-awaited enabling works at Hinkley Point C look set to start in January - but EDF could still "walk away" unless the government makes a clear stand on nuclear, Kier's chief executive warned last week. Speaking to CN after the firm posted a rise in profits for its 2011-12 year, Paul Sheffield said: "We are under way with the design work. It's due to start in January, physically in the ground. But I think EDF has not yet made its final investment decision. I think it will hinge on the electricity market reform bill that the government is working on at the moment and is expected to be lodged in the autumn some time."