EDF signs deal to build new UK nuclear plant French energy giant EDF said on Monday it had clinched a deal worth £16 billion ($26 billion, 18.9 billion euros) to build Britain's first new nuclear plant for a generation, with Chinese backing. EDF has agreed to construct two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C, in southwestern England, alongside French nuclear group Areva and Chinese nuclear firms CGNPC and CNNC. Images and soundbites.