French utility company EDF says operations in Somerset will start a year later as delay costs firm €2.5bn Britain’s first new nuclear plant in a generation at the Hinkley Point C site will face ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. EDF has further pushed back the start-up of the UK’s flagship Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, taking a €1.8bn ...

Plans to build a campus to house 1,000 Hinkley Point C workers have been scrapped. The proposals for temporary accommodation next to the M5 near Huntworth in Somerset are not going ahead because there ...

Acoustic deterrent blasts out noise to deter sea creatures from nuclear plant Matt Oliver is The Telegraph's Industry Editor, covering manufacturing, energy policy, car making and the defence industry ...

Scientists find underwater acoustic project to stop fish being sucked into cooling systems could save 44 tonnes a year Scientists have found that plans that include a “fish disco” to deter migratory ...

An acoustic fish deterrent system has been shown to keep target species away from Hinkley Point C’s cooling water intakes in the Severn Estuary. Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first new nuclear plant in a ...

Ultrasonic speakers are lowered into the sea to test if they scare fish away Testing of a £50m ultrasound system designed to stop fish being sucked into the cooling pipes of Britain's new nuclear ...

'Significant' fire risks have been uncovered at the first nuclear plant to be built in Britain for 30 years, including flammable materials left on emergency exit stairs. Inspectors from the Office for ...

The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project in Somerset, England, has taken delivery of the reactor pressure vessel for its second EPR unit. (Image: EDF Energy) The high-strength steel cylinder - ...

From a riverside industrial hub in eastern France, a piece of steel engineering the size of a small house is beginning a carefully managed trip to the UK. The 500‑tonne reactor pressure vessel for ...

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Framatome has completed the manufacture of the reactor pressure vessel for the second of two EPR units being built at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset, UK. The first two of four ...