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| 7TH - 13TH APRIL 2017 | UTILITY WEEK
Operations & Assets
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Six months aer contracts were
signed for Hinkley Point C on the
Somerset coast, EDF Energy has set
out the progress made at the site. This
includes confirmation that concrete
has been poured for the power station
galleries – a network of connected
tunnels that will carry cabling and
pipes (inset), which will be some of
the first permanent structures.
The concrete pour followed the
first consent for construction granted
by the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
Construction of the building for
the first reactor at Hinkley Point C
is scheduled to start in 2019 when
concrete will be poured for the first
time to make the reactor platform.
Construction now involves 1,600
workers on site every day. Three
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