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==Background==
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'''Hinkley Point C''' nuclear power station is a proposed £16 billion development in Somerset, England, led by France's [[EDF Energy]]. 
  
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'''Hinkley Point C''' nuclear power station is a proposed development for a new nuclear power station in Somerset, England.  
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Its wholly owned subsidiary, [[NNB GenCo]], was granted a license to proceed with the development on 26 November 2012. Hinkley C will be the first new nuclear power station to be built since Sizewell B in Suffolk, which started generating electricity in 1995.  
  
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==Partners==
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*[[EDF Energy]] - 45-50 equity
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*[[Areva]] - 10 per cent equity (to be confirmed)
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*[[China General Nuclear Power Group]] - deal not yet agreed
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*[[China National Nuclear Corporation]] - deal not yet agreed
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==EPR==
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EDF has proposed to use at Hinkley the same relatively untried 'European Pressurised Reactor' (EPR) technology as at plants being built at Flamanville in France and Olkiuoto in Finland. Both plants have experienced extraordinary cost overruns and lengthy timetable delays.
  
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==Current activities==
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==Planning consent approved==
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[[File:Cameron-at-HinkleyC.jpg|right|thumb|David Cameron visiting Hinkley Point C in October 2013]]In March 2013 Energy Secretary [[Ed Davey]] announced he had given the go-ahead for construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C.
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:The Order will allow, from a planning point of view, NNB Generation Company Limited, a subsidiary of EDF Energy, to construct two European Pressurised Reactors each of a capacity of 1630 megawatts.
  
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==People==
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:It will also enable the company to construct associated development, such as freight handling and road improvements, and to carry out the necessary work to obtain land and rights over land, by compulsory acquisition if necessary.  <ref> Department of Energy & Climate Change, [https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/edward-davey-statement-on-hinkley-point-c-nuclear-power-station Edward Davey statement on Hinkley Point C nuclear power station] An oral statement on the decision to authorise the construction of a three thousand two hundred and sixty megawatt (3260MW) nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, 19 March 2013 </ref>
  
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==Funding==
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==Affiliations==
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*[[Justine Thornton]] at [[39 Essex Street]] Chambers
  
 
==Resources and Notes==
 
==Resources and Notes==
  
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===External resources===
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*Alistair Osborne, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10394772/Hinkley-Point-C-is-a-lousy-template-for-nuclear-Britain.html Hinkley Point C is a lousy template for nuclear Britain], ''The Telegraph'', 21 Oct 2013, 5:58PM BST
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*Department of Energy & Climate Change, [https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/edward-davey-statement-on-hinkley-point-c-nuclear-power-station Edward Davey statement on Hinkley Point C nuclear power station] An oral statement on the decision to authorise the construction of a three thousand two hundred and sixty megawatt (3260MW) nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, 19 March 2013
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*Matthias Reeg, [http://theconversation.com/new-nuclear-is-a-lose-lose-situation-for-britain-19530 New nuclear is a lose-lose situation for Britain], ''The Conversation'', 24 October 2013
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*Pete Roche, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/climate/item/5559-hinkley-a-huge-contribution-towards-yesterday-s-energy-thinking Hinkley: A huge contribution towards yesterday’s energy thinking], Spinwatch, 28 October 2013
  
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Latest revision as of 02:59, 15 November 2013

Hinkley Point C in Somerset, England. Source: Flickr/CCSA
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Background

Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is a proposed £16 billion development in Somerset, England, led by France's EDF Energy.

Its wholly owned subsidiary, NNB GenCo, was granted a license to proceed with the development on 26 November 2012. Hinkley C will be the first new nuclear power station to be built since Sizewell B in Suffolk, which started generating electricity in 1995.

Partners

EPR

EDF has proposed to use at Hinkley the same relatively untried 'European Pressurised Reactor' (EPR) technology as at plants being built at Flamanville in France and Olkiuoto in Finland. Both plants have experienced extraordinary cost overruns and lengthy timetable delays.

Planning consent approved

David Cameron visiting Hinkley Point C in October 2013

In March 2013 Energy Secretary Ed Davey announced he had given the go-ahead for construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C.

The Order will allow, from a planning point of view, NNB Generation Company Limited, a subsidiary of EDF Energy, to construct two European Pressurised Reactors each of a capacity of 1630 megawatts.
It will also enable the company to construct associated development, such as freight handling and road improvements, and to carry out the necessary work to obtain land and rights over land, by compulsory acquisition if necessary. [1]

Affiliations

Resources and Notes

External resources


Notes

  1. ↑ Department of Energy & Climate Change, Edward Davey statement on Hinkley Point C nuclear power station An oral statement on the decision to authorise the construction of a three thousand two hundred and sixty megawatt (3260MW) nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, 19 March 2013
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