The committee has asked the EDF Energy boss to appear next Wednesday as fears grow that the electricity giant may be forced to walk away from the project because of funding problems.

In a letter to staff earlier this month EDF said the project needed to secure more funding from the French government warning the financial context was “challenging”.

Chair of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, Angus MacNeil MP: “The Government is counting on new nuclear to supply a significant proportion of the UK’s demand for low-carbon baseload power in future.

“The focus right now is on Hinkley Point C but there are other important projects in the pipeline. Serious questions are being raised about the cost and viability of the Hinkley project and the value for money for taxpayers.

“The Energy and Climate Change Committee will hear from commentators that have raised concerns about financing nuclear projects.

“We will also question the chief executive of EDF and other companies planning to build reactors about the challenges for new nuclear across the UK.”

Several other energy companies planning to build reactors in the UK will give evidence to Parliament on the future of the nuclear industry.

These include Zhu Minhong, general director of UK Nuclear Projects, China General Nuclear, Tom Samson, CEO of NuGeneration and Alan Raymant, chief operating officer of Horizon Nuclear Power.