Another huge concrete pour completed Some 722m3 of concrete has been poured for the Unit 1 inner containment structure, which will sit around the reactor building. Teams worked around the clock to prepare the area for the 27-hour operation, installing more than 330 tonnes of reinforcement and more than 200 embedded plates. The inner containment […]
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HPC News Update – June 2021
Huge slabs lowered into place by Big Carl The world’s largest crane Big Carl lifted huge slabs each weighing 547-tonnes into position on Nuclear Island Unit 1. The precast structures were lowered onto six temporary structures before Praeter Engineering’s hydraulic jacks nudged them into their final positions. The precast slabs represent the first major pieces […]
HPC News Update – May 2021
Work well underway on dome assembly The dome is now being assembled in Bunker 5 by team members from Bylor and Tissot using large steel panels (up to 9m x 4.5m) that are being shipped to site from France via the jetty. Work is now well under way on welding the panels together. Liner Ring […]
Hinkley Point C Socio-economic Impacts Report 2021
Somerset Business Survey 2021 – Economic Impacts of COVID-19 and Prospects for Recovery
Somerset’s five Local Authorities are jointly undertaking this vital survey to help us better understand and respond to local business needs, with a particular focus on the impacts that COVID-19 will have had on many businesses over the last 12 months. By completing this survey, you will be providing much needed intelligence to help shape […]
HPC News Update – April 2021
Emmeline pushes ahead under the Bristol Channel The site’s second tunnel boring machine (TBM), Emmeline, has reached full bore mode as she excavates an outfall tunnel under the Bristol Channel. Pushing ahead at an average speed of 19m per day to create the 7m tunnel, Emmeline is operating about 40m beneath the seabed. The tunnel […]