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Delays and uncertainty hamper France’s plan to build 6 new nuclear reactors
Report by France’s Court of Auditors highlights uncertainty around cost and financing, as well as design delays
Engineering firm wins contract to install electrics and instruments at Hinkley Point C nuclear plant
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UK-based engineering company BGEN has won an £84 million (US$104.8 million) deal to install electrical and instrumentation packages on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset.
Are western nuclear construction ambitions out of step with reality?
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The UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant could well end up being the most expensive ever built.
Hinkley Point C nuclear plant costs could rise to £46bn, delayed to end of decade
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The total cost of building the UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant could rise to £46 billion (US$58.5 billion).
Green light for construction of £4.4bn Sizewell C nuclear power station
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The path to formal construction of a £4.4 billion (US$5.6 billion), 3.2GW nuclear power station at Sizewell C on England’s Suffolk coast has opened.
UK government pledges to ramp up nuclear power plant construction
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The UK government has outlined plans to undertake the biggest expansion in nuclear power plant construction in 70 years, as it focuses on energy security.
Video: ‘Big Carl’ crane lifts dome for Hinkley Point C’s first reactor building into place
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The world’s biggest crane, known as ‘Big Carl’ has lifted the dome for the first reactor building at UK nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C into place.
Eiffage lands €4bn+ civil engineering works on new nuclear plant in France
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French contracting giant Eiffage has won a contract worth in excess of €4 billion to carry out the main civil engineering works for the construction of a new nuclear power plant at Penly, Normandy, France.
EDF submits final bid for Czech nuclear plant expansion
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French energy specialist joins two other bidders hoping to secure deal at €6bn facility
UK selects six designs for construction of small modular nuclear reactors
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The UK government has selected six companies to advance to the next phase of a competition to design and build small modular reactors (SMRs) to generate nuclear power.
Three weeks until World Demolition Summit
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Industry’s leading event to take place 17-18 October in Canada
UK government increases available funds for Sizewell C nuclear energy project
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The funds will aid in preparing the site for construction, sourcing key components and expanding the workforce
France chooses site for pair of new reactors in €52 billion nuclear construction programme
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France has chosen Bugey in eastern France as a site for two new nuclear reactors, part of a wider construction programme of six reactors costing an estimated €52 billion ($58.2 billion).
Britain opens small modular nuclear reactor competition
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Britain has opened a competition to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), such as those being developed by Rolls-Royce, as it launched its new Great British Nuclear body designed to help drive the expansion of projects in the country.
Osprey delivers 500 tonne reactor to Hinkley Point
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First of two reactor pressure vessels takes a multi-modal journey to Hinkley Point C nuclear power stration construction site in the United Kingdom
7 of the world’s most expensive construction projects
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A selection of some of the world’s most expensive construction projects 
Geospatial portal created for Hinkley Point C
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The portal is a central source of all spatial data, maps, apps and dashboards
UK green lights €35bn nuclear plant
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Construction of two new reactors known as Sizewell C moves a step closer
€23.5bn UK nuclear project gets go-ahead
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UK government and EDF now in discussions over funding of Sizewell C project
€3.5bn price hike for UK nuclear plant
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Hinkley Point C could now cost more than €30 billion, says developer EDF Energy
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