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EDF Energy is proposing the creation of more than 800 acres (324 hectares) of saltmarsh on the River Parrett in Somerset, UK, as an alternative to the proposal for 280 underwater speakers to produce an acoustic fish deterrent at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 05 January 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-wetland-proposed-near-Hinkley-Point-C
The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 1 of the UK’s Hinkley Point C NPP (HPC) has been delivered to the site from Framatome’s Le Creusot facility in Burgundy, central France. Framatome completed manufacture of the RPV in December 2022. EDF Energy said teams had spent 80,000 engineering hours on its construction. It measures 13 metres in length and weighs 500 tonnes.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsreactor-pressure-vessel-delivered-to-uks-hinkley-point-c-npp-10637024
The first new nuclear reactor for a UK power station in more than three decades has finished its journey - by barge and then road - at the Hinkley Point C site in Somerset in southwest England.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/In-Pictures-Hinkley-Point-C-s-first-reactor-arriv