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Around 10,000 people are now working on the construction site 24-hours a day.

The 245-tonne steel dome will be lifted onto the top of the first reactor building this year.

The equipment hatch is ready for its cover to be installed. The hatch will open and close, allowing equipment to be moved into the reactor building during construction and operation.

The turbine hall, which will house the world's largest Arabelle turbine, has reached its full 50-metre height.

Work is underway on the polar crane - a huge rotating crane that will sit above the nuclear reactor. It will be lifted into place by Big Carl in one giant piece.

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.

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

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

Work is progressing in the second reactor building - which is benefitting from the lessons learned during the construction of Unit 1. Many tasks are being achieved in 20-30% less time.

In the tunnels, work is underway to make the breakthrough connection between the miles of tunnels with the intake and outtake cooling water heads.

The site approaching the next major engineering feat - when Big Carl, the world's largest land-based crane, will lift the 245-tonne steel dome to close the first reactor building.