BARCELONA- E.ON chief executive Wulf Bernotat on Tuesday reiterated the German utility's interest in building nuclear power stations in Britain, but said it would take at least 10 years before they could start operating.

The British government wants utilities to build new nuclear power stations, which emit almost no climate-harming carbon dioxide, to replace the UK's ageing reactors and secure its future power supply.

"Of course we are interested as a company in building power stations in the UK," Bernotat said on the sidelines of the annual convention European power producers' group Eurelectric. ... Read full article