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Hinkley Point C nuclear power station

Index Hinkley Point C nuclear power station

Hinkley Point C nuclear power station (HPC) is a project to construct a 3,200 MWe nuclear power station with two EPR reactors in Somerset, England. [1]

64 relations: Agora Energiewende, Amber Rudd, Anti-nuclear movement, Anti-nuclear movement in the United Kingdom, Anti-nuclear protests, Électricité de France, Barry Gardiner, Bridgwater, Bridgwater and Taunton College, Bridgwater Bay, British Cellophane, Burnham-on-Sea, Castle House, Bridgwater, Cost of electricity by source, Crispin Aubrey, Crosville Motor Services (Weston-super-Mare), Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, Ed Davey, EDF Energy, EPR (nuclear reactor), Fairfield, Stogursey, Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant, Fully Charged, Gérard Magnin, George Monbiot, George Osborne, Hinkley Point, Hinkley Point A nuclear power station, Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station, History of Somerset, Horizon Nuclear Power, HPC, James Heappey, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Laing O'Rourke, List of nuclear reactors, Manor of Sydenham, Moorside Nuclear Power Station, Nick Timothy, NNB Generation Company, Nuclear power in France, Nuclear power in the United Kingdom, Nuclear power phase-out, Nuclear power plant, Nuclear renaissance, Orano, Outline of nuclear power, Port of Bridgwater, Premiership of Theresa May, Proposed nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom, ..., Renewable energy commercialization, River Parrett, Severn Barrage, Sizewell nuclear power stations, Somerset, Somerset Levels, Somerset Passenger Solutions, South West England, Theresa May, United Kingdom enterprise law, Wylfa Nuclear Power Station, 2013 in the United Kingdom, 2016 in the United Kingdom, 2017 in the United Kingdom. Expand index (14 more) »

Agora Energiewende

Agora Energiewende is a think tank supporting the ''Energiewende'' in Germany.

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Amber Rudd

Amber Augusta Rudd (born 1 August 1963) is a British Conservative politician.

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Anti-nuclear movement

The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies.

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Anti-nuclear movement in the United Kingdom

The anti-nuclear movement in the United Kingdom consists of groups who oppose nuclear technologies such as nuclear power and nuclear weapons.

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Anti-nuclear protests

Anti-nuclear protests began on a small scale in the U.S. as early as 1946 in response to Operation Crossroads.

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Électricité de France

Électricité de France S.A. (EDF; Electricity of France) is a French electric utility company, largely owned by the French state.

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Barry Gardiner

Barry Strachan Gardiner (born 10 March 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent North since 1997.

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Bridgwater

Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England.

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Bridgwater and Taunton College

Bridgwater and Taunton College is a further education college based in Bridgwater, Somerset, England.

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Bridgwater Bay

Bridgwater Bay is on the Bristol Channel, north of Bridgwater in Somerset, England at the mouth of the River Parrett and the end of the River Parrett Trail.

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British Cellophane

British Cellophane Ltd (BCL) was a joint venture company formed in 1935 between La Cellophane SA and Courtaulds, when they began building a major factory for producing Cellophane in Bridgwater, Somerset, England.

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Burnham-on-Sea

Burnham-on-Sea is a large seaside town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett, upon Bridgwater Bay.

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Castle House, Bridgwater

Castle House is a house in Bridgwater, Somerset, England.

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Cost of electricity by source

In electrical power generation, the distinct ways of generating electricity incur significantly different costs.

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Crispin Aubrey

John Nicholas Crispin Aubrey (3 January 1946 – 28 September 2012) was a British journalist.

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Crosville Motor Services (Weston-super-Mare)

Crosville Motor Services was a bus and coach operator based in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England.

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Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the county of Devon (including the unitary authorities of Plymouth and Torbay) and the non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England.

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Ed Davey

Sir Edward Jonathan Davey (born 25 December 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

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EDF Energy

EDF Energy is an integrated energy company in the United Kingdom, with operations spanning electricity generation and the sale of gas and electricity to homes and businesses throughout the United Kingdom.

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EPR (nuclear reactor)

The EPR is a third generation pressurised water reactor (PWR) design.

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Fairfield, Stogursey

Fairfield House is a historic house in Stogursey, Somerset, England.

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Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant

The Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant is located at Flamanville, Manche, France on the Cotentin Peninsula.

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Fully Charged

Fully Charged is a YouTube channel focusing on electric vehicles and renewable energy hosted by writer, broadcaster and actor Robert Llewellyn.

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Gérard Magnin

Gérard Magnin (born 1951) was Executive Director of Energy Cities between 1994 and 2014, after having been the original founder of this European network that brings together about 1000 local authorities from 30 European countries.

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George Monbiot

George Joshua Richard Monbiot (born 27 January 1963) is a British writer known for his environmental, political activism.

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George Osborne

George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from June 2001 until he stood down on 3 May 2017.

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Hinkley Point

Hinkley Point is a headland on the Bristol Channel coast of Somerset, England, north of Bridgwater and west of Burnham-on-Sea, close to the mouth of the River Parrett.

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Hinkley Point A nuclear power station

Hinkley Point A nuclear power station is a decommissioned Magnox Nuclear power station located on a site in Somerset on the Bristol Channel coast, west of the River Parrett estuary.

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Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station

Hinkley Point B is a nuclear power station near Bridgwater, Somerset, on the Bristol Channel coast of south west England.

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History of Somerset

Somerset is a historic county in the south west of England.

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Horizon Nuclear Power

Horizon Nuclear Power is a British energy company that is expected to build new nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom.

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HPC

HPC may refer to.

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James Heappey

James Stephen Heappey (born 30 January 1981) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Jean-Marc Ayrault

Jean-Marc Ayrault (born 25 January 1950) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 16 May 2012 to 31 March 2014.

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Laing O'Rourke

Laing O'Rourke is a multinational construction company headquartered in Dartford, England, United Kingdom.

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List of nuclear reactors

This is a list of all the commercial nuclear reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status.

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Manor of Sydenham

The Manor of Sydenham was a historic manor in Somerset, England, situated about 1/4 mile north-east of the centre of historic Bridgwater.

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Moorside Nuclear Power Station

Moorside Nuclear Power Station is proposed for a site near Sellafield, in Cumbria, United Kingdom.

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Nick Timothy

Nicholas James Timothy (born March 1980) is a British political adviser.

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NNB Generation Company

Nuclear New Build Generation Company (NNB GenCo) is a subsidiary created by EDF Energy to build and then operate two new nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom.

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Nuclear power in France

Nuclear power is a major source of energy in France, with a 40% share of energy consumption in 2015.

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Nuclear power in the United Kingdom

Nuclear power in the United Kingdom generates around a quarter of the country's electricity as of 2016, projected to rise to a third by 2035.

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Nuclear power phase-out

A nuclear power phase-out is the discontinuation of usage of nuclear power for energy production.

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Nuclear power plant

A nuclear power plant or nuclear power station is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor.

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Nuclear renaissance

Since about 2001 the term nuclear renaissance has been used to refer to a possible nuclear power industry revival, driven by rising fossil fuel prices and new concerns about meeting greenhouse gas emission limits.

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Orano

Orano (previously Areva) is a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power and renewable energy headquartered in Paris La Défense.

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Outline of nuclear power

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to nuclear power: Nuclear power – the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity.

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Port of Bridgwater

The Port of Bridgwater is a port, originally located in the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England.

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Premiership of Theresa May

The premiership of Theresa May began on 13 July 2016, when May accepted Queen Elizabeth II's invitation to form a government.

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Proposed nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom

Proposed nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom include: Two other sites, Heysham and Hartlepool, were identified as possible locations in 2010 but these appear to have been dropped.

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Renewable energy commercialization

Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years.

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River Parrett

The River Parrett flows through the counties of Dorset and Somerset in South West England, from its source in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset.

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Severn Barrage

The Severn Barrage refers to a range of ideas for building a barrage from the English coast to the Welsh coast over the Severn tidal estuary.

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Sizewell nuclear power stations

The Sizewell nuclear power stations are two nuclear power stations located near the small fishing village of Sizewell in Suffolk, England.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Somerset Levels

The Somerset Levels are a coastal plain and wetland area of Somerset, South West England, running south from the Mendips to the Blackdown Hills.

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Somerset Passenger Solutions

Somerset Passenger Solutions is a bus and coach operator in Somerset, England.

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South West England

South West England is one of nine official regions of England.

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Theresa May

Theresa Mary May (Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2016.

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United Kingdom enterprise law

United Kingdom enterprise law concerns the ownership, regulation and potentially competition in the provision of public services, private or mutual companies in the United Kingdom.

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Wylfa Nuclear Power Station

Wylfa Nuclear Power Station (Atomfa'r Wylfa) is a former Magnox power station situated west of Cemaes Bay on the island of Anglesey, North Wales.

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2013 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 2013 in the United Kingdom.

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2016 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 2016 in the United Kingdom.

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2017 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 2017 in the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point_C_nuclear_power_station

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