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Project News
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 […]
HPC News Update – March 2021
First turbine rotor successfully tested At the end of February, Unit 1’s first low pressure (LP) rotor was successfully tested in GE’s factory in Belfort, France. The LP rotors form a critical part of the low pressure steam turbines, which are key components of the power production equipment in the turbine hall. The eight-metres wide […]
HPC News Update – February 2021
New waste consolidation centre opened Waste is now being bulked and consolidated at HPC rather than at off-site locations, following the recent opening of HPC’s new waste consolidation centre (WCC). The WCC will significantly cut the number of vehicle journeys to remove waste from site – helping HPC to cut its overall carbon footprint. Designed […]
HPC News Update – December 2020
Second tunnel boring machine gets to work The second, and largest, of the three tunnel boring machines (TBM) needed to create the tunnels for HPC’s cooling water system has started the construction of the outfall tunnel by installing the first concrete rings. Known as Emmeline, the second TBM will excavate 1.8 km of tunnel, some […]
Hinkley Point C – End of year video 2020
In a year that has been very different at the Hinkley Point C construction site, the usual end of year film has been changed to reflect the efforts of the Somerset workforce during the Coronavirus pandemic. Presented by the site’s full-time chaplain, Ewen Huffman, workers from bus drivers to catering assistants take centre stage in […]