EDF Energy has announced plans to set up an engineering centre in Bristol to support its work at Hinkley Point and Sizewell nuclear power stations.
The plans announced by EDF Energy’s managing director for Hinkley Point C Stuart Crooks at the annual Nuclear Industry Association conference will see the new office…
Plans for dozens of the UK’s biggest infrastructure projects will have to be redrafted to meet new, stricter carbon emissions rules.
A New Civil Engineer investigation has revealed that Heathrow’s third runway, the Lower Thames Crossing and the Sizewell C nuclear plant are among dozens of planned projects whose plans will…
EDF has given the UK nuclear sector a vote of confidence by starting the enabling works design at its Sizewell C project in Suffolk.
It has awarded a £5M contract for the enabling works basic design - the first contract awarded for the Sizewell C - to engineering consultancy Atkins. EDF claims it can deliver…
Two Suffolk councils have are refusing to back EDF’s plans for the Sizewell C nuclear power station.
The French energy giant wants to build a nuclear power plant next to its existing Sizewell B power station, on the Suffolk coast. The Sizewell C Joint Local Authorities Group (JLAG), which comprises of Suffolk County…
Sizewell C managing director Humphrey Cadoux-Hudson has called on the nuclear industry to start repeating designs from other projects to drive down costs.
Cadoux-Hudson claims that repeating designs and using existing labour and supply chains will put an end to the culture of “stop start design” on nuclear projects in the UK. His comments…
A new public consultation on plans for a new nuclear power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk is starting its third round today.
Consultation on the EDF and China General Nuclear (CGN) project will run for 12 weeks, ending on 29 March 2019. This is the final round of public consultation before…
Reusing the exiting Hinkley Point C supply chain could shave 20% off of the cost of Sizewell C, according to a boss at EDF.
Speaking at the Nuclear Industry Association conference in London, EDF non-executive chairman Colin Matthews said that it was important to keep the supply chain currently supporting Hinkley Point C active and…
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