A Look Inside Britain’s Biggest Construction Site
- EDF’s Hinkley Point nuclear plant build is facing delays
- Building site covers area equal to 245 soccer fields
Cranes surround Reactor Unit Two on the construction project for Hinkley Point C near Bridgwater, U.K, on July 28.
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After almost four years of building, the U.K.’s biggest nuclear plant is 38% complete.
The project is Electricite de France SA’s Hinkley Point C, the U.K.’s first new nuclear power plant in more than 20 years. It’s now facing delays as the coronavirus pandemic hampered work on-site and hit supply chains.