UK to build two nuclear power plants with French energy company EDF 10/17/2013 - 00:00 French energy giant EDF and the British government have agreed on a deal to build two latest generation nuclear reactors in the UK, an informed French source told AFP news agency on Thursday. They will be the first nuclear power plants built in Britain since 1995.Chinese nuclear firms CGNPC and CNNC will also be involved, the source said.