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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. [6]
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File:The Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) (Amendment) Order 2017 (UKSI 2017-843).pdf
The revised operating date for the nuclear power station is now June 2027 and the budget has increased to £25 billion as Covid delays are blamed. Hinkley Point C delayed by a year as cost goes up ...
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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 energy group confirmed the plan remains for the Somerset plant to move into the defueling phase by August 1 2022.
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.