EDF, other firms launch new nuclear plans for UK Cumbria site

LONDON (Reuters) - Fifteen companies and trade unions, including French nuclear giant EDF and several engineering firms, on Tuesday launched proposals for a clean energy hub to be built at Cumbria in northwest England, including a new large nuclear plant.Japan’s Toshiba Corp was originally expected to build a nuclear plant at the Moorside site, but its plans collapsed in 2018 after the company’s nuclear unit Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy the year before.Britain last year set a target to..