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Hinkley Point C nuclear power station (HPC) is a two-unit, 3,200 MWe EPR nuclear power station under construction in Somerset, England. [4]The site was one of eight announced by the British government in 2010, [5] and in November 2012 a nuclear site licence was granted.
Hinkley Point A, with two Magnox reactors (1965–2000) Hinkley Point B, with two Advanced gas-cooled reactors in one building (1976–2022) Hinkley Point C, with two European Pressurised Reactors (under construction since 2017) In 2008, the Brown Government announced its support for a third nuclear power station at Hinkley Point.
The new plants are to be Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C and will eventually produce up to 6.4 GW in total. [1] EDF initially entered the UK nuclear industry with the acquisition of British Energy in 2009. At the same time, EDF established NNB GenCo as a separate subsidiary for the construction of additional new nuclear plants.
The final investment decision for Sizewell C is only likely to take place after the Hinkley Point C build has started. [ 53 ] In May 2020, the NGO Energy for Humanity issued an open letter calling for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to support the project as without nuclear the "action on climate will be more ...
B Reactor also produced plutonium for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 9, 1945, just weeks after the Trinity Test. Japan surrendered Aug. 15, 1945, ending World War II.
The CEGB specified a compact design for the Heysham 1 and Hartlepool power station reactor islands in comparison to the design of the two preceding stations at Hinkley Point B and Hunterston B in order to reduce the capital cost, but this caused expensive construction delays because of restricted access. The Heysham 2 reactor island occupies a ...
If you got tickets to this set of tours, be sure to arrive 15 minutes before your entry time. Tickets allow visitors to access the station within 30 minutes of the ticket window. Guests should ...
The Hinkley Point Site was organized as two nuclear power stations: next to Hinkley Point A with its two Magnox reactor buildings there is Hinkley Point B, operated by EDF Energy, with two AGCR reactors in one building. In October 2013, the UK government announced that it had approved the construction of Hinkley Point C.