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By Jordan Marshall2021-05-25T05:01:00+01:00 Move comes as project looks to make up time after social distancing rules hit productivity Hinkley Point C has revealed that it expects to hire more than 1,500 people as it pushes to complete the project in the wake of the pandemic. According to EDF, the French energy giant behind the project, the scheme has fallen half a year behind schedule because of restrictions imposed by the pandemic. Social distancing rules meant the scheme fell six months behind schedule The job is now expected to cost up to £23bn, with Stuart Crooks, Hinkley Point C mana...

EDF says the Hinkley Point C project expects to hire 1,700 people during the next year, which will help the South West economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hinkley Point C expected to create 1,700 jobs in the next year EDF says construction of Somerset nuclear plant has generated over £3bn for South West businesses Over 750 apprentices have been trained already GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice EDF has said it expe...

World’s largest crane completes second lift at Hinkley Point C near Burnham-On-Sea The world’s largest land-based crane, “Big Carl”, completed its second major lift last week at Hinkley Point C near Burnham-On-Sea. The second of three prefabricated steel rings to form the reinforced cylinder around the new nuclear reactor at Hinkley Point C has been lifted from the bunker in which it was constructed to a lay-down area. The ring – which is 17m tall and 47m wide – is now being prepared for the final lift into the first reactor building. It was constructed in factory conditions in...

7/7 The world’s largest land-based crane, ‘Big Carl’, has completed another mega lift at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant site. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the second of three containment rings that will sit around the nuclear reactors was lifted into place. The ring is 47 metres in diameter, 17 metres high and weighs 308 tonnes. The component was lighter than the first containment ring which weighed 382 tonnes and was installed in December. EDF said the second ring was constructed in two-thirds of the time it took to make the first one thanks to lessons learned in t...