The Financial Times has reported that EDF, under pressure from French national auditors, is still desperately looking for investors to replace top-up funding from its Chinese partner, CGN. Despite having talks with lots of potential investors EDF has been unable to proceed with any of them. Hinkley Point C was …
Dale Vince joins list of Stop Hinkley Campaign Patrons
Just a few months after EDF announced that the cost of Hinkley Point C (HPC) has ballooned to as much as £35 billion and is not expected to start producing power until sometime between 2029 and 2031 we are thrilled to announce that green industrialist, Dale Vince, has agreed to …
Hinkley Point C cost ballooning amid further delays
The Stop Hinkley Campaign has reacted to the news that the cost of Hinkley Point C has ballooned to £46bn and that the first reactor may not now be open until 2031. Stop Hinkley Spokesperson Roy Pumfrey said: “The Government will have known for days if not weeks that this …
Nuclear Roadmap is Pure Fantasy
The Stop Hinkley Campaign has described the Government’s so-called Nuclear Roadmap as “pure fantasy”. The Roadmap majors on plans to explore the possibility of building another large-scale power plant as big as Hinkley Point C. Anglesey and Cumbria are suggested as possible sites. But these sites were designated twelve and …
EDF Refuses to Back Down on Acoustic Fish Deterrent Planning Condition for Hinkley Point C.
The Environment Agency has launched another four-week consultation into EDF’s refusal to install an Acoustic Fish Deterrent (AFD) on the two massive cooling water intake heads 3 kilometres offshore from the Hinkley Point C nuclear site. See Briefing below. The Agency is now being asked to vary the operational Water …
EDF’s protestations that changes to Hinkley Point C Contract don’t mean more delays fail to convince
On 29th November, the Daily Telegraph reported that a new contract between the Government and EDF suggests Hinkley Point C (HPC) might not be ready until 2036 – 11 years later than originally planned. Whilst EDF insists that its latest finishing date of 2027 has not changed, concerns remain that …
Graphite cracking continued cause for concern on day Hinkley Point B closes
Today (10am, 1 August) Reactor 3 at the Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant will cease generation for the last time. After the closure of Reactor 4 last month, this will finally bring all electricity production at the Somerset site to a halt. Although there were calls for the plant …
Hinkley Point B Closure – The End of an Error
Hinkley Point B (HPB) may be ending electricity generation on 1st August, but the UK will be left with its legacy of nuclear waste for thousands of years. Even after generating waste for 46 years, we are still not sure what will happen to it other than a vague promise …