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Following the challenges involved in building Hinkley Point C, one of Europe’s largest projects and the first new nuclear power station in Britain for a generation.

With unique behind-the-scenes access, this series follows the construction workers at Hinkley Point C, Britain’s biggest and newest nuclear power station, which is being built in a remote corner of the Somerset countryside.

With a price tag of over £22 billion and covering an area the size of 250 football pitches, this extraordinary construction site is one of the largest in Europe and the UK’s first new nuclear power station for a generation.

This series follows the engineers, technicians and the behind-the-scenes staff who are under pressure to keep the project on track, including building the mammoth foundations for the two nuclear reactors, excavating 3.5km cooling water tunnels out under the Bristol Channel and constructing the critical airtight inner steel lining, designed to contain any radioactive material in the unlikely event of a meltdown.

59 minutes

Last on

Mon 15 May 2023 23:30

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:08

    Anders Niska, Klas Wahl

    A Day At The Time

  • 00:14

    Bonobo

    Pick Up (Four Tet Remix)

  • 00:26

    Ella Endlich

    Spuren Auf Dem Mond

  • 00:58

    Low

    You See Everything

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Priyanga Burford
Series Producer Mat Stimpson
Executive Producer Carlo Massarella
Production Company Windfall Films Ltd

Broadcasts

  • Wed 2 Jun 2021 21:00
  • Thu 3 Jun 2021 23:30
  • Thu 8 Jul 2021 00:45
  • Mon 27 Jun 2022 20:00
  • Tue 28 Jun 2022 02:30
  • Mon 15 May 2023 23:30

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