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Hinkley Point C nuclear power station

The UK's first new nuclear build in a generation — years more of heavy electromechanical, instrumentation and commissioning work ahead, and a well-documented case study in how schedule risk and productivity shortfalls play out on a first-of-a-kind reactor build.

Checked by hand against the sources below (2026-10-20).

  1. Engineering (done)
  2. Fabrication (done)
  3. Construction (now)
  4. Hook-up
  5. Commissioning (next)
  6. Operation

Now Construction (reported: construction (electromechanical installation phase, per EDF's 2026 schedule update))

Next Commissioning · not announced

Roles Commissioning & start-up · QA/QC & HSE · Project management & controls · Role groups per phase: our planning assumption from the Crew Forecast model.

Later Operation 2030 (Unit 1 target 2030 (revised, one year later than previous target), as reported)

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Who works on it as the sources name them

  • EDFOperator / ownerDeveloper and majority shareholder; EDF reported 76.69% at end-2025 and was the sole contributor to voluntary additional equity funding.
Kind
Nuclear
Country
United Kingdom
Size
Two EPR reactors; EDF reports 3.3 GW for the project.
Operator
EDF
Position
51.20°N 3.13°W, approximate

On the Radar each linked to its source

  1. 20 February 2026Hinkley Point C cost climbs to £35bn as Unit 1 start-up confirmed for 2030

Sources

  1. EDF announces Hinkley Point C delay and rise in project costWorld Nuclear News · published 2026 · read 2026-09-19
  2. Hinkley Point C's cost climbs to £35bn with confirmation Unit 1 will power up in 2030New Civil Engineer · published 2026-02-20 · read 2026-09-19
  3. EDF highlights Hinkley Point C's positive impactsWorld Nuclear News · published 2026-05-28 · read 2026-10-08
  4. EDF: 2026 half-year resultsEDF (via GlobeNewswire) · published 2026-07-31 · read 2026-10-08
  5. Hinkley Point C (project page, news items incl. 1 Oct 2026 fish-return tunnel)EDF Energy · published 2026-10-01 · read 2026-10-08
  6. 2025 annual results presentationEDF · published 2026-02-20 · read 2026-10-20
  7. News and views — Hinkley Point CEDF Energy · read 2026-10-20
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