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HPC Construction site with views to the Bristol Channel

Critical pieces of equipment are being installed inside Unit 1’s turbine hall

HPC's Simon Parsons in front the Unit 1 reactor building

HPC's Unit 2 reactor building

Inside Unit 1 Turbine Hall

Two massive jack up vessels have been installing vital elements for the power station’s cooling water system - including vertical shafts which will connect the tunnels with the intake and outtake heads.

Huge steel components are being prefabricated off-site, speeding up work

The first new nuclear reactor for a British power station in more than 30 years has arrived in Somerset.

The reactor pressure vessel completes its journey to Hinkley Point C.

Overhead view of Unit 2 reactor building

The third and final liner ring has been lifted into place by giant crane, Big Carl

The steel ring is 11.6-metres in height and 47-metres in diameter