Energy giant EDF has revealed details of the progress in building the first new nuclear power station in a generation, including a sea wall, accommodation for workers and tunnels to carry cabling and pipes. Around 1,600 workers are now on the Hinkley Point C (HPC) site in Somerset, the first concrete has been poured for the tunnels and three million cubic metres of earth has been moved. EDF said three million tonnes of concrete and 230,000 tonnes of steel reinforcement will be used in the construction of the £18 billion project. Work to build a temporary jetty in the Bristol Channel has started, allowing 80 per cent of the aggregate to be brought to the site by sea, with every shipload of materials equivalent to 250 lorry loads.
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EDF Energy has poured the concrete for some of the first permanent structures at its Hinkley Point C nuclear project site in Britain after getting the go-ahead from the nuclear regulator earlier this week, the company said on Friday. Britain’s first new nuclear plant to be built in decades has been plagued by delays. Critics of the 18 billion pound project have focussed on the guaranteed price for electricity, which they say does not reflect falling energy prices since the deal was drawn up. However, Britain’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) finally gave consent for work to start at the Hinkley site in southwest England on Monday.
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EDF Energy has poured the first concrete for a permanent structure at Hinkley Point C after the Office of Nuclear Regulation gave the all clear for the work to begin earlier this week. Six months after the contracts were signed for the first UK’s first new nuclear power station in a generation, the concrete has now been laid for the galleries which carry cables and pipes around the plant. Hinkley Point C project director Philippe Bordarier hailed the development as a “significant milestone”. “It is the outcome of many years of preparation and hard work from all our teams and supply chain across the UK and France,” he added.
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With major work stepping up at Hinkley Point C, members of the public have voiced their concerns as constructors lay the first bit of concrete at the pending nuclear power station. With around 1,600 workers now on site, Energy giant EDF Energy has announced work has begun on the £18 billion project involving 3 million tonnes of concrete and 230,000 tonnes of steel. A temporary jetty has also been built as workers continue to bring in materials from the Bristol Channel, to aid in the construction of a site that is finally coming together after receiving a long awaited approval.
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