MEDIA-Hinkley Point to be delivered end 2025, EDF CEO says -Figaro
** EDF (Paris: FR0010242511 - news) chief executive Jean-Bernard Levy tells Le Figaro newspaper that first Hinkley Point nuclear reactor in Britain will be delivered end-2025, the second one end-2026
** Levy says risk for a possible delay of 15 months for the first reactor and nine months for the second reactor did not materialise. Says technical milestones all went as planned in 2017.
** Says Brexit will not impact Hinkley Point contract
** Says French President Emmanuel Macron strongly supports international ambitions of the French nuclear industry
** Says Saudi Arabia will complete pre-qualification for nuclear tender in the spring, which could lead to a tender; hopes that next Macron visit to India will bring progress in talks to build six EPR reactors in Jaitapur
** Says New Model EPR will have to be built in France before it is exported
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(Reporting by Geert De Clercq; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)