Latest news from Hinkley Point C

Former Hinkley Point C Delivery Director Nigel Cann has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer for Sizewell C. The move follows the decision of joint Managing Director Julia Pyke to leave the project at the end of the year.

Hinkley Point C has today unveiled its End of Year film, offering a rare glimpse into the work that happens after dark on Britain’s biggest infrastructure project.

Hinkley Point C has today named Nicola Fauvel as its first station director. The experienced nuclear engineer will lead the new nuclear power station through commissioning and into operation.

In the latest update video, Hinkley Point C’s Project Delivery Director, Simon Parsons takes us behind the scenes as the site focus shifts to a new phase. With the civil construction work nearing completion and the second dome in place, attention is now firmly on the power station’s fit out with pipes, cables and equipment.

Weighing in at a mighty 520 tonnes, the first of eight steam generators at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has been carefully lowered into place on Unit 1. It comes just days after the dome was lifted into place on the power station’s Unit 2.

“Big Carl”, the world’s largest crane, has successfully placed the 245-tonne dome onto Hinkley Point C’s second reactor building, marking a major step forward for the power station’s identical second unit.