11 Jan (NucNet) : EU anti-trust regulators have cleared the French government’s restructuring of state-owned nuclear reactor builder Areva. The European Commission said in a statement on 10 January 2017 that it had concluded that French plans to grant a capital injection of €4.5bn ($4.75bn) to Areva are in line with EU state aid rules. The Commission added that other regulatory decisions were still needed, including approval by the EU of the buyout of Areva’s reactor business by EDF, the (...)