A project to build a nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Britain will overrun by £1.5 billion ($1.95 billion, 1.71 billion euros), France's EDF power supplier said on Monday, adding there would be delays of up to 15 months.

EDF is part of a French-Chinese consortium that was awarded the project last year in the face of criticism from green groups and warnings of cost uncertainties from experts.

Source: AFP