Iberdrola eyes sale of NuGen
The owner of Glasgow-based ScottishPower runs NuGen with French peer GDF Suez. Their joint venture owns a site at Sellafield, in the north-west of England, where it wants to build a 3.6 giga-watt power station.
The source said that a deal could be announced as early as next week.
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Hide AdThey added: “Iberdrola wants to sell its 50 per cent stake. It has been in talks with Westinghouse but as things stand right now it is not a done deal.”
A Toshiba spokesman said: “Nothing has been decided at this time.”
Iberdrola and GDF Suez declined to comment.