Hinkley Point B is in the frame for commemorative book
Revealing pictures of a momentous year at Hinkley Point B have been compiled in a special commemorative book.
Through late 2021 and into 2022 photographers from Bridgwater Photographic Society trained their lenses on Hinkley Point B as it went from producing electricity to being taken offline for the final time.
And their pictures of that special period have now been compiled in a special album which staff across the site, as well as some friends of the station, have now been sent.
Mike Davies, Station Director at Hinkley Point B said: “We knew that our final months of operations would be exciting but also emotional.
“Many of us have worked here for decades and are well used to this place, looking, sounding, even smelling, a certain way. We knew that when the reactors were taken offline for the final time all that would change and thought that having photographers onsite would be a wonderful way to capture what happened before, what happened on our final generating day and what happened afterwards.
“And this book has turned out beautifully. Not only have they diligently captured our staff onsite they have also caught many of us off guard at special moments. Having this record of our eventful few months is something I’ll certainly treasure.”
Before the Bridgwater Photographic Society could come to site a handful of members came in and spent time getting the lay of the site, talking to staff they knew they would want to capture and getting permission to access parts of the station seldom visited by photographers.
Martin Barber, club chairman, said: “We knew that trying to capture 500 plus people at their place of work during an emotional time for them would be quite the challenge.
“But I think that over the following months we managed to get a good feel for what those onsite were going through and hopefully our pictures have captured that. Seeing the photos made into these albums is a lovely way site teams have captured that special moment, and we were thrilled to be part of it. “That’s what being part of this club can do. Over the years as a society we have accessed lots of unusual places. Working with EDF on this project was another example of what being in this club gives us the opportunity to do.
Anyone interested in working with us, either as a photographer or as a company, charity or even group of friends, can get in touch and talk to us about what you need, we’ll help where we can.”
View a selection of images from the Hinkley Point B commemorative book.
About EDF
EDF is driving the transition towards An Electric Britain – a secure, affordable, low-carbon future for everyone. As Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity, we are investing more than £100 million weekly in Britain’s electricity infrastructure. We supply millions of customers with electricity and help homes and businesses switch to electricity for heating, transport and industrial processes.
We operate five nuclear power stations and more than 35 onshore wind farms and three offshore wind farms. Since 2009, EDF has invested almost £9 billion in the nuclear fleet to improve reliability and extend station lifetimes. The five generating stations currently supply about 12% of the UK’s electricity demand.
EDF is building the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C. We are a minority investor (12.5%) in and major supplier to a replica plant at Sizewell C in Suffolk. Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C will provide low carbon electricity to meet 14% of UK demand and power around 12 million homes. EDF Group companies Framatome and Arabelle Solutions have a presence in the UK and manufacture critical equipment such as reactor pressure vessels and turbines.
EDF is enabling its 5 million customers, both in business and at home, to choose electric solutions that save cash and carbon, whether it is buying an electric car, generating and storing electricity, selling energy back to the grid or installing solar panels or a heat pump. In 2025, EDF’s Customers business was ranked as one of the Sunday Times’s Best Place to Work.
It is also one of the UK’s leading developers of renewable energy through EDF power solutions UK and Ireland. We have more than 2GW of renewable generation in operation and over 10GW in construction, planning and development across a range of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar and battery storage.
We are one of the largest suppliers to British business and a leading supplier of innovative energy solutions that are helping businesses become more energy independent. In addition, the company’s energy services business, Dalkia, one of the UK and Ireland’s largest technical service providers.
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