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Images | Britain’s first nuclear reactor in 30 years fitted at Hinkley Point C
Workers have installed the first of two 13m-long nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, England.
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.
Poland approves second large nuclear plant project
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Construction is expected to start in 2026
Mott MacDonald and Kepco E&C to explore future large-scale nuclear construction in UK
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Engineering consultant Mott MacDonald has signed an agreement with Korean power plant builder Kepco E&C to explore future large-scale nuclear projects in the UK.
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.
Burkina Faso and Russia’s Rosatom sign agreement for nuclear power plant
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Burkina Faso and Russian state nuclear company Rosatom have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for construction of a nuclear power plant in the landlocked Sahel West African state.
Concrete poured for first unit at China’s $18 billion Lianjiang nuclear power plant
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A major new nuclear power plant construction project has seen the first concrete poured on the first unit of an $18 billion project to build six reactors.
Bechtel to partner Westinghouse in construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant
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US contractor Bechtel and Westinghouse Electric Company have signed a formal agreement to partner on the design and construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant.
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).
Korean power company secures major nuclear deal in Romania
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KHNP signs record contract to build tritium removal facility at the Cernavoda plant
Egypt green lights construction of third Russian nuclear reactor at El-Dabaa
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Egypt has granted a licence for the construction of a third nuclear reactor at the El-Dabaa power plant.
Russia’s Rosatom axed from Finnish nuclear project
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Fennovoima consortium terminates contract with Russian energy giant to build Finland’s third nuclear plant
UK gov invests £100m in Sizewell C nuclear project
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EDF secures funding commitment to continue developing the Sizewell C project in Suffolk
Kazakhstan plans first nuclear plant in 50 years
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Rosatom in talks with government over construction of large-scale facility
Hitachi walks away from Welsh nuclear project
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Thousands of potential jobs lost as decade-in-the-making plant is mothballed
Surprise boost for Romanian nuclear plant
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Country’s PM says deal is close with partners to complete protracted power project