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Ministers from the UK's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) visited Hinkley Point C (HPC) on 23 January to see progress at the new nuclear power plant. HPC, under construction in Somerset, England, will be the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in almost 20 years and will provide about 7% of the country's electricity.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ministers-see-progress-at-Hinkley-Point-C
Hinkley Point C mock-up. Courtesy EDF. French state-controlled utility EDF has raised its estimate of the cost of completing the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station under construction in Somerset, southwest England.
EDF said in a statement that it had performed a review of the project’s progress and completion costs are now expected to be between £21.5bn (€24.3bn, $26.7bn) and £22.5bn, which means an increase of £1.9bn to £2.9bn compared to previous estimates.
“Cost increases reflect challenging ground conditions which made earthworks more expensive than anticipated, revised action plan targets and extra costs needed to implement the completed functional design, which has been adapted for a first-of-a-kind application in the UK context”, EDF said.
EDF Energy, the UK arm of EDF, is building two 1,600-MW EPR units at Hinkley Point C. Preparatory work onsite has been underway since a final agreement on the project was signed in September 2016 by EDF, China’s CGN and the UK government.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 26 September 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/edf-increases-final-cost-estimates-by-up-to-gbp2-9bn-9-3-2019
The world's largest crane is ready to start work at the site of the Hinkley Point C (HPC) nuclear power plant under construction in Somerset, England, EDF Energy has announced. Able to stand up to 250 metres high, 'Big Carl' can reach higher than the tallest tower at London’s Canary Wharf and can carry 5000 tonnes in a single lift, the company said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Hinkley-Point-C-receives-worlds-biggest-crane