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Successful delivery of the complex array of tunnels and marine works for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is down to “relentless collaboration”, Balfour Beatty project director Roger Frost tells NCE.

Hinkley Point C has hit another milestone with the successful lift of the final 423t liner ring into place on the second reactor, which is being built 20-30% faster than the first.

The company building Hinkley Point C has been told by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) that it must comply with Environmental Information Regulations (EIR), following a challenge by Fish Legal.

An environmental expert has welcomed plans by EDF Energy for a relocated saltmarsh to be created near Hinkley Point C, but raised concerns about the power station’s destruction of fish populations.

A 60% increase in the number of jobs in nuclear in the UK in just 10 years has driven the sector to a record-breaking 86,908 jobs, according to the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA).

Civil nuclear power directly employs over 77,000 people in the UK and is worth £6.1bn to the economy, but the value is so much more than that. Add in the social value that the sector delivers and the benefit to the economy more than doubles to £16bn when you consider…

This month’s round up of partnerships and mergers in the engineering sector from all over the world features a variety of initiatives that will provide forward-thinking future developments.

Modular construction is boosting productivity in the construction of Hinkley Point C, with factories in the Bristol area manufacturing “ever larger pieces” of the nuclear station.

Synergic metal active gas (Smag) welding is being used at Hinkley Point C’s Unit 2 reactor to increase construction efficiencies, while the world’s largest tower cranes have returned to the site as construction ramps up.

Hinkley Point C has said it is building the second unit of the nuclear power station 20-30% faster than the first thanks to learning more efficient construction methods.