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| 5TH - 11TH OCTOBER 2018 | UTILITY WEEK
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Two years aer the Hinkley Point C
project started, more than 3,200 peo-
ple are working at the Somerset site.
The pre-stressing gallery – the struc-
ture below the reactor unit – for reac-
tor one is complete, as is an excavation
that is 21 metres below sea level for the
54 metre-tall water pumping station,
and 750 metres of underground con-
crete galleries for cables and pipes.
EDF says the project is on track for
its next major milestone in 2019 – the
completion of the 4,500-tonne con-
crete platform on which the reactor
buildings sit.
Looking further ahead, four UK
contractors have formed an alliance
to work on mechanical and electrical
services, and heating, ventilation and
air conditioning at the site. They are
Hinkley C 'on target
to hit milestones'
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