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Minister officially opens new training centre Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, Greg Hands, has formally opened the new on site

Double dome work taking place For the first time, work is taking place on the site’s two domes at the same time after the 237-tonne

Another major lift for Big Carl The skyline of HPC has again changed with the successful lift of the second liner ring on Unit 1’s

Hinkley Supply Chain engagement officer Loretta Browne has won a prestigious international award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the nuclear sector. Loretta was

Superstructure takes shape in turbine hallAfter 36 hours of continuous concrete pouring, the project team responsible for the turbine generator table at conventional island Unit

Vital coolant pump passes demanding tests HPC’s first reactor coolant pump has successfully passed demanding tests following its manufacture. The 128-tonne pump, which is 10

Another big lift for Big Carl Big Carl, the world’s biggest crane has placed the first steel ring section onto the second reactor building, just

First rotor delivered to Avonmouth The first low-pressure (LP) rotor, which will form part of the world’s largest turbine, was safely delivered into the docks

Cutting edge pylons take shape The world’s first operational T-pylon – the first new design for an electricity pylon in Great Britain for nearly a

The new Hinkley Point Visitor Centre has been officially opened by the High Sheriff of Somerset, Thomas Sheppard, at a reception for local stakeholders. Some

Five years after getting the go-ahead, the number of people across Britain working on the Hinkley Point C power station has reached 22,000. The growing

Vital springs installed General Electric (GE) has been working with teams from EDF and Bylor to make huge progress on the Unit 1 Conventional Island

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

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

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

Hinkley Point C smashes regional investment target and predicts 1,700 new jobs in next year New figures show spending in the South-West has hit £3.2

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