Hinkley Point C cranes reported over safety failings

Safety failures reported at Hinkley Point C days before environmental trial begins

An improvement notice has been served to the Nuclear New Build Generation Company (NNB GenCo) regarding the safety of a damaged tower crane at Hinkley Point C The enforcement was issued by the Office for Nuclear Regulation after a crane was found to have evidence of cracking in one of the mast sections, and a pin connecting two mast sections was found to have failed. The issues were discovered by an operator during pre-use checks on site in Febr…

Hinkley Point C court hearing over complying with UK environmental information law begins

Hinkley Point C’s court hearing to determine whether the nuclear power plant project in Somerset must comply with domestic environmental information laws has begun. The post Hinkley Point C court hearing over complying with UK environmental information law begins appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Nuclear regulator slaps Hinkley C with improvement notice after tower crane failures

AN improvement notice has been served by nuclear regulators on the owners of Hinkley Point C after an incident with a tower crane earlier this year.

Hinkley Point C cranes reported over safety failings

The UK's nuclear watchdog has served the Somerset plant's main contractor with an improvement notice