Latest news from Hinkley Point C

Hinkley Point C will this week broadcast a major moment in its construction – the lifting of a 245-tonne steel dome onto the second reactor building.

Hinkley Point C has kicked off an epic week of engineering by installing the huge rotating “polar” crane in the second reactor building, days before its dome is due to be lifted into place. The spectacular dome lift will be broadcast live from Hinkley Point C - currently scheduled for Thursday morning.

New pictures show Hinkley Point C’s progress as teams at the nuclear power station project get ready to lift the domed roof onto the second reactor building this summer.

As the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station hits a new peak, the project’s latest Socio-Economic Report reveals how its immense scale is helping drive growth and productivity across Britain, whilst giving the South West economy long term benefits.

Hinkley Point C has written to communities around the Severn Estuary to tell them that we are pausing work on proposals for new areas of saltmarsh while we work to establish the suitability of a new acoustic fish deterrent technology.

Over the next 18 months, Britain’s largest low-carbon energy project at Hinkley Point C will create 3,000 new jobs in Somerset as it approaches peak construction, with around 15,000 people expected to be building the new power station.