The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is now projected to cost up to £22.5bn – up to £2.9bn more than originally planned.
That’s according to client EDF Energy which has issued an update on the progress of the scheme.
It has blamed cost increases reflecting “challenging ground conditions” which made earthworks more expensive than anticipated, as well as revised action plan targets and extra costs needed to implement the completed functional design.
Hinkley Point C successfully delivered J-0, the nuclear island “common raft” for its first building, one of two European pressurised reactors (EPR), in June 2019, which was in line with the schedule announced in September 2016.
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