Hinkley Point C nuclear power station
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station (HPC) is a two-unit, 3,200 MWe EPR nuclear power station under construction in Somerset, England.
A 3D model of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station
The site in 2017
Construction work in 2017
Blockade to protest Nuclear Power Point in Hinkley
The EPR is a Generation III+ pressurised water reactor design. It has been designed and developed mainly by Framatome and Électricité de France (EDF) in France, and by Siemens in Germany. In Europe this reactor design was called European Pressurised Reactor, and the internationalised name was Evolutionary Power Reactor, but is now simply named EPR.
Computer generated view of an EPR power station
Olkiluoto 3 under construction in 2009. It achieved first criticality in December 2021 and started regular electricity production in April 2023.
Taishan Nuclear Power Plant - Units 1 & 2
EDF has said its Flamanville 3 project (seen here in 2010) will be delayed until 2024.