Construction of the first EPR unit at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset, UK, has reached a major milestone with the installation of the reactor building dome. (Image: EDF YouTube ...

Once both units are operational, Hinkley Point C will supply 7% of Britain’s electricity. It follows the steel dome's installation less than 12 months ago in late 2023, closing the reactor building.

Hundreds of people helped with the delicate operation to get the 245-tonne steel dome into position. It means the first reactor can ... question whether Hinkley Point C will be worth all the ...

Hinkley Point C is the only nuclear power plant ... It also comes just months after EDF lifted a colossal steel dome into place on top of the reactor building at Hinkley. Nuclear power has been ...

More than 8,000 workers are now on site at Hinkley Point C every day and the new reactor will be installed in the reactor building after the dome is lifted into place. Power generation at Hinkley ...

Earlier this week, Big Carl - the world's largest crane - lifted the final 11-metre prefabricated steel ring into place on to the reactor building of Hinkley Point C unit 1, which now stands 44 metres ...

The dome is the top part of the reactor building’s inner containment ... “Generating enough zero-carbon power for six million homes, Hinkley Point C will reduce our reliance on imported ...

Engineers have lifted a steel roof onto a building which will house the first of two nuclear reactors at Hinkley ... But many still question whether Hinkley Point C will be worth all the money ...