Strongly agree! Excellent video, and they should do more of them. The ITER project in the South of France has been producing engineering walk-through videos for almost the life of their fusion-reactor project. I think EDF should take some inspiration from them.
@@kerkirazit is built 14m above current sea level and has a 13.5m flood barrier in front of that. Current projections put sea level rise by 2100 at 1.3 to 1.6m and 9m by 2300.
I know that a lot of people remain pessimistic about nuclear power I've worked in the industry and it's incredibly safe. I think it's fantastic that that we have taken this necessary step. Hopefully it will not be the last..
I'm a nuclear supporter, but I have to admit that these big, monolithic builds are increasingly hard to justify. The time to build and approve, along with the decommissioning time, makes the value challenging. I'm increasingly interested in seeing what other places are doing with modular reactors and how a factory approach can speed up adoption.
@@BobHannentunfortunately smr is not yet proven and it will be mired in the same planning permission and objection process as other nuclear builds just more of them as you will need more smrs
@@paulbrown3310 sure it is, there's hundreds of SMRs running all over the world. "same planning permission and objection process as other nuclear builds" - this is true, but it's still faster, you can have multiple projects in planning at the same time. That's kinda the point, parallelism is a thing in construction too. Also in the UK parliament can undo that with the stroke of a pen; you've already seen them doing a lot of work on it.
Wonderful work! Looking forward to seeing it all up and running. Thanks for taking the time to make another update video, they are very much appreciated!
Nuclear free Kiwi here, this is awesome to see! The size of the components is impressive to say the least - I have done 400 MW stations and a whole bunch of oil & gas installations but this is on a whole other level. Only question I have is; how do I get a job there!?
Unfortunately NZ in a seismic area as you obviously know, as impressive as this is, a lot less risk for us to do. You have a beautiful country by the way! Lived over there a couple years back, experiencing the occasional shake was a surreal experience!
Would love to see NZ do nuclear. It would probably be an ideal choice for the new SMRs Small Modular Reactors (or perhaps even MSRs , Molten Salt Reactors). A comment about the "shaking" - a lot of people think the earthquake damaged the Fukushima reactors, but they are built to withstand that. Even the tsunami would have been ok if they had higher walls and/or power backup not in the basement but outside of the floodwaters. This of course resulted in design changes/recommendations for such backup as well as other improvements for retrofitting and future designs.
Yes! But like you I suspect, I certainly enjoy a bit of rock and roll every now and then. There is something quite special about a quake, especially the ones you can hear before they hit. I don't go up highrises or park underground anymore, we are well and truly overdue for the Main Alpine Fault to let go, and it has been stable in its regular activity for many many thousands of years - except for now! Such a pity this project is on the other side of the planet, couldn't think of a better way to finish of my career! I'll be following it on here. :)@@jackhester3672
@@LFTRnow It was human error and greed that caused the Fukushima accident nothing else. They had been told for months and years about the potential problems, but continuously ignored the recommendation and reports right up until it happened... Nuclear power on it's own has never caused a major incident to happen, it has always been humans making fatal mistakes that led to it!
Its difficult due to landmass and structure of nz. Theres very few areas void of seismic activity however suprisingly there are alot of relatively stable areas that would be more suitable to house a decent outputing Nuclear Power station. Cost is an issue though. Fossil fuels are technically cheaper from a financial perspective relative to population size and energy needs.
I spent my university industrial placement at SZB, C&I systems team from '94 to '95 , final commissioning phase all the way through to first connection to grid :)
Brilliant to see a mega site that hopefully inspires the next generation to think BIG. France 🇫🇷 were clever to embrace nuclear energy as their main generation. I can’t wait for A.I. and more robotic technologies to make these large projects faster to fruition. Uk needs an engineering revolution to build the sustainable future. 💪🏼🇬🇧
A good informative video. It demonstrates the U.K. is still capable of meaningful and valuable achievement when it is allowed. In the real world there can be no doubt that nuclear power is a significant part of the future of energy.
Check out who EDF is. It proves quite the opposite imo, we've lost all the relevant skills and have to depend on France to do the necessary. Thank you 🇫🇷
@@TheLRiderWell we are certainly building our own capability back as part of this project. You have to start somewhere. France itself won't invest in nuclear power and hasn't built a new plant since 30 years ago? So you will soon lose the skills unless you change something.
Extrèmement intéressant et impressionnant ! Et ça a l’air d’avancer vite ! Bravo à EDF et aux Anglais de faire avancer cette technologie de pointe et ça change des reportages négatifs que nous subissons depuis des années de la part des « déclinistes anti-tout »… …
Although these are crazy big buildings they generate mindboggling amounts of power at comparably small amounts of land. This is true ecological green power and a big win for the climate. I really hope here in Germany our government grows a brain and starts going nuclear again too ASAP so that we too can start truly going green. #SaveGER6
It's not happenning: *Bloomberg* 7 August 2023 "France to become Europe’s top net power exporter, while Germany has moved from exporter to importer during the first half of this year… *most of the power flowing to Great Britain* (8TWh) and Italy (9TWh)." Carbon intensity of the power sector in the EU - 2022 - CO2 grams per KW: Germany *385.4* France *84.8* (2nd best in EU)
@@krashd 1. French EDF is building 6 EPR nuclear power plants (1.650 GW each = 9.9 GW total), cost 51 billion euros. 2. Hydroelectric power: 432 dams, 2,300 hydroelectric installations, producing 25.5 GW (equivalent to 16 EPR power plants), 1st hydropower production in the EU. 3. Solar power: France is the largest country in the EU, South of France has got great potential for solar energy, its sunshine is one of the best in Europe. 2023 photovoltaic park: 20.1 GW, planned 35 GW in 2028. 4. 2022 connected onshore wind power: 20 GW. Planned for 2028: 34 GW for onshore wind power and 6 GW for offshore wind power.
Great to see behind the scenes, what a fabulous project. Enjoyed the video but never mind big carl i was disappointed not to see big Jack, who really makes it all happen
We should be building at least another six, skills will be lost and so will lessons learned, having worked on a few de-commissioning nuclear sites, the safety culture is just awesome
Phenomanal achievent. As someone completly new to nuclear physics and engineering this is very inspirational. Massive achievement of individuals working for thr collective well done. 👏
Love it, we need to start one of those beasties every year for the next 10 years, clean power, reliable power and independent power. The french have the cleanest steam based power in Europe, no reason why we cant. The more we build the cheeper they get.
That was very interesting and a great overview of a huge and complex project. It would be interesting to see/hear more about the project roadmap become operational. For example, does the whole site have to wait to start generation until both units are in place or are they independent to some extent. Also roughly when are you targetting for completing construction and moving to inspection and test and also, do you have the national grid interconnection in place?
I imagine each unit will come online as soon as it is built, that's how every other nuclear power plant has been built so i can't see them changing tack.
Judging by how the recent builds in Georgia (USA) and Finland were brought online, they will probably first bring it up to initial criticality without producing electricity, and then test doing this several times. Then they may have an extended test phase where they also provide some power to the grid (this was the case in Finland), before finally declaring the reactor operational, where it starts producing full power to the grid. In the case of Finland, the reactor was brought offline for a few months between the extended test and actual regular service. The example in Georgia illustrates that they are likely to bring each reactor online individually, without waiting for both to be complete.
I'd love to see a documentary series following the build. Fascinating and also so complex. And it's the complexity that really boggles me why we're in this position in the first place (decades of failed Governmnet policy?). The UK has an abundance of tidal power. It's a shame not even 0.01% of what's been invested in nuclear has been invested in developing tidal power technologies.
Nick Clegg said years ago (paraphrasing) "Whats the point of starting to build a new nuclear power station when it wont be ready until 2020" That, sadly is how most of our politicians view the world. Don't ever think long term. Think short termism things you can use a the next General Election.
There is a documentary on it :) Look up 'Building Britain's Biggest Nuclear Power Station', 2 Episodes were released in 2021 ... hoping they have some more lined up to air soon.
As someone who worked on Dungeness B, lets hope the commisioning goes as well as the Civils. We dont want another Elizabethan line year or two of delays. No European new type of nuclear station has so far been under 10 years late. Dungeness B was about 12 years late.
100% French technology. btw *Bloomberg* 7 August 2023 "France to become Europe’s top net power exporter… *most of the power flowing to Great Britain* (8TWh) and Italy (9TWh)."
@@CynicalPlatapus 1. French EDF is building 6 EPR nuclear power plants (1.650 GW each = 9.9 GW total), cost 51 billion euros. 2. Hydroelectric power: 432 dams, 2,300 hydroelectric installations, producing 25.5 GW (equivalent to 16 EPR power plants), 1st hydropower production in the EU. 3. Solar power: France is the largest country in the EU, South of France has got great potential for solar energy, its sunshine is one of the best in Europe. 2023 photovoltaic park: 20.1 GW, planned 35 GW in 2028. 4. 2022 connected onshore wind power: 20 GW. Planned for 2028: 34 GW for onshore wind power and 6 GW for offshore wind power. btw France is the 2nd best in the EU for CO2 emissions per KW produced: Carbon intensity of the power sector in the EU - 2022 - CO2 grams per KW: Poland *634* Cyprus *589* Malta *495* Estonia *464* Czechia *415* Bulgaria *399* Germany *385* Italy *371* Netherlands *354* Ireland *345* Greece *343* Romania *264* Croatia *246* Slovenia *237* Portugal *234* Hungary *222* Spain *217* Lithuania *194* Latvia *181* Denmark *180* Luxembourg *168* Belgium *165* Austria *157* Slovakia *140* Finland *130* France *84* Sweden *45* …. UK *249*
The issue with nuclear isn't safety, it's cost and time. The current commissioning date for this power plant is September 2028. So still, at least, 5 years away before we see a single electron flow out of the reactor.
My wife and I married 31 years ago and actually went on a tour of Hinckley Point during our honeymoon, even signing the visitors book. It’s brilliant to see the place heading back to life and an absolute crime that we gave any power to the eco-nutters. Imagine if we’d have stuck with nuclear. No sky high electric prices, no reliance on Russia and for those who are daft enough to believe in Global Warming, lower Co2 emissions. Never again must we let the eco-idiots have any control,
1) What is the clear span of the steel truss for the turbine building? 2) What is the Structural Design software used for Analyzing & Design of the steel truss .
It's all amazing and exciting engineering, but we need to figure out small scale nuclear and lots of it so we don't need to have the biggest crane in the world and all the other things that slow the construction up
@@ZonkedCompanionif net zero is such an emergency nuclear power is worth it. The rods in theory could be buried in the middle of the Sahara 20 miles down in a concrete tomb. Tell me....what's the risk with that ?
i cant believe the sheer size of it, i can see why they cost so much money, bring on nuclear, regardless of the cost, money wont matter when we are all under water and the whole ecosystem has collapsed.
Hi EDF, progress looks great and i would love to talk to one of the project engineers for in-line liquid measurements we provide. Who is the best person to talk to?
Bloomberg: "EDF’s UK Hinkley Nuclear Costs Balloon as Plant Delayed Anew *Station could cost as much as £10 billion more than planned* Unit 1 may not start until 2031 in a worst case scenario"
Hi Mr Simon, I would love to be a part of this transformative project. I'm a mechanical engineer living in the Middle East. I need this opportunity if possible sir.
It always amazes me how Brits are able to build nuclear power plant but they can't build a normal house Which will be well isolated in winter time and not being an oven in summer,not mentioning the condition of the roads..
Tell me about it, I live in Sussex in the UK and there are new houses being built near me now with gas boilers, no solar and normal brick and basic insulation. It's maddening! all because the Gov can't set tough sensible standards
My home in Hertfordshire was built 4 years ago. It has solar and is very well insulated. However, the Brits are not building this power station. That's the Chinese and French.
It isn't only the post office. EDF have twice on the last year not credited my accounts with payments made. Also they keep changing the amounts owed - even greatly. Their foreign call centre is absolutely useless except that they take the payments from my bank account - but it isn't credited on the next bills. I can't be the only one this is happening to. I pay over the phone not by direct debit. Probably other energy companies also. They send estimates even though meter reader come every 3 months or so and I have phoned in my own readings. Software can only do what it is programmed to do. Everyone knows that. Maybe some of us can do a class action against EDF.
EDF Energy of France 🇫🇷 Don't we own Anything..my question is who makes the profits the French Germans Danes Norway China ..but not the British 👎🇬🇧 For me it's a white Elephant if all Profits are leaving the UK Like so many of our Large Companies The UK 🇬🇧 Government not fit for purpose👎
These videos should be a regular part of the construction process. They would help to alleviate the public's fears.
Strongly agree! Excellent video, and they should do more of them. The ITER project in the South of France has been producing engineering walk-through videos for almost the life of their fusion-reactor project. I think EDF should take some inspiration from them.
It's all about money 💰..rich people are making money on poor slaves
My biggest fear is sea level rising and swamping the facility.
@@kerkiraz Won't happen, I mean look at this place I think that's the least of their concerns in a project like this
@@kerkirazit is built 14m above current sea level and has a 13.5m flood barrier in front of that. Current projections put sea level rise by 2100 at 1.3 to 1.6m and 9m by 2300.
Fantastic to see components and structures we have designed and commented on for years coming together - keep safe
Do these guys employ Welding Engineers, real ones. Not Welders, because of course they do, but Welding Engineers and Inspectors etc...?
I know that a lot of people remain pessimistic about nuclear power I've worked in the industry and it's incredibly safe. I think it's fantastic that that we have taken this necessary step. Hopefully it will not be the last..
I'm a nuclear supporter, but I have to admit that these big, monolithic builds are increasingly hard to justify.
The time to build and approve, along with the decommissioning time, makes the value challenging.
I'm increasingly interested in seeing what other places are doing with modular reactors and how a factory approach can speed up adoption.
@@BobHannentunfortunately smr is not yet proven and it will be mired in the same planning permission and objection process as other nuclear builds just more of them as you will need more smrs
@@paulbrown3310 Poland, earlier this year, approved an SMR and Rolls-Royce are pushing ahead with their plans in the UK
@@paulbrown3310 sure it is, there's hundreds of SMRs running all over the world. "same planning permission and objection process as other nuclear builds" - this is true, but it's still faster, you can have multiple projects in planning at the same time. That's kinda the point, parallelism is a thing in construction too. Also in the UK parliament can undo that with the stroke of a pen; you've already seen them doing a lot of work on it.
@@streaky81dó you have a list of installed non military smrs currently generating electricity
Wonderful work! Looking forward to seeing it all up and running. Thanks for taking the time to make another update video, they are very much appreciated!
Great work! The ONLY way we'll reach net zero is with projects like this. Power to the People!
Nuclear free Kiwi here, this is awesome to see! The size of the components is impressive to say the least - I have done 400 MW stations and a whole bunch of oil & gas installations but this is on a whole other level. Only question I have is; how do I get a job there!?
Unfortunately NZ in a seismic area as you obviously know, as impressive as this is, a lot less risk for us to do. You have a beautiful country by the way! Lived over there a couple years back, experiencing the occasional shake was a surreal experience!
Would love to see NZ do nuclear. It would probably be an ideal choice for the new SMRs Small Modular Reactors (or perhaps even MSRs , Molten Salt Reactors). A comment about the "shaking" - a lot of people think the earthquake damaged the Fukushima reactors, but they are built to withstand that. Even the tsunami would have been ok if they had higher walls and/or power backup not in the basement but outside of the floodwaters. This of course resulted in design changes/recommendations for such backup as well as other improvements for retrofitting and future designs.
Yes! But like you I suspect, I certainly enjoy a bit of rock and roll every now and then. There is something quite special about a quake, especially the ones you can hear before they hit.
I don't go up highrises or park underground anymore, we are well and truly overdue for the Main Alpine Fault to let go, and it has been stable in its regular activity for many many thousands of years - except for now!
Such a pity this project is on the other side of the planet, couldn't think of a better way to finish of my career! I'll be following it on here. :)@@jackhester3672
@@LFTRnow It was human error and greed that caused the Fukushima accident nothing else. They had been told for months and years about the potential problems, but continuously ignored the recommendation and reports right up until it happened... Nuclear power on it's own has never caused a major incident to happen, it has always been humans making fatal mistakes that led to it!
Its difficult due to landmass and structure of nz. Theres very few areas void of seismic activity however suprisingly there are alot of relatively stable areas that would be more suitable to house a decent outputing Nuclear Power station. Cost is an issue though. Fossil fuels are technically cheaper from a financial perspective relative to population size and energy needs.
This is a good, clear, well-presented video, and all done without gratuitous then use of annoying corporate music.
Looks incredible. Expensive strike price but stable and reliable energy is important for our national security.
Thank you, Simon! It was a great presentation!
Fascinating to see just how massively complex the build is
I'm a steel fixer at HPC. The site is incredible.
Thank you so much for updating us on the project process,stay safe guys
I worked on Sizewell B on loop testing and commissioning. It was one of the highlights of my Instrumentation career working on prestige engineering.
I got the privilege of going on a tour of Sizewell B a few years back. An impressive site.
I spent my university industrial placement at SZB, C&I systems team from '94 to '95 , final commissioning phase all the way through to first connection to grid :)
Brilliant to see a mega site that hopefully inspires the next generation to think BIG. France 🇫🇷 were clever to embrace nuclear energy as their main generation. I can’t wait for A.I. and more robotic technologies to make these large projects faster to fruition. Uk needs an engineering revolution to build the sustainable future. 💪🏼🇬🇧
A good informative video.
It demonstrates the U.K. is still capable of meaningful and valuable achievement when it is allowed.
In the real world there can be no doubt that nuclear power is a significant part of the future of energy.
Check out who EDF is. It proves quite the opposite imo, we've lost all the relevant skills and have to depend on France to do the necessary. Thank you 🇫🇷
@@TheLRiderWell we are certainly building our own capability back as part of this project. You have to start somewhere. France itself won't invest in nuclear power and hasn't built a new plant since 30 years ago? So you will soon lose the skills unless you change something.
very exciting! very interesting seeing the engineering that goes behind a great project like this. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for this update, well presented and informative. Please provide regular updates.
Extrèmement intéressant et impressionnant ! Et ça a l’air d’avancer vite ! Bravo à EDF et aux Anglais de faire avancer cette technologie de pointe et ça change des reportages négatifs que nous subissons depuis des années de la part des « déclinistes anti-tout »… …
An engineering masterpiece.
Thanks for the update, always fascinating.
Good job. I am in offshore wind and we are really looking forward to seeing you come on line and help us share the load. Go well!
Would love that work. I have been doing construction (MEP) in the Middle East. Almost no ongoing projects since the world cup. Life is crazy now.
*The forecast costs exploded to £25-26 billion.*
Due to the inflation-adjusted electricity price, this is expected to be over £ 0,13/kWh.
Absolutely awe inspiring 😮. I wish you did guided tours.
Amazing! 10 of these would power the UK for decades
Provides 2%, need 50 . London demolished and 50 cover it
There are just over 28 million homes in the UK. If this one power plant can power 6 million homes, you would only need 4 more to achieve this.
Although these are crazy big buildings they generate mindboggling amounts of power at comparably small amounts of land. This is true ecological green power and a big win for the climate.
I really hope here in Germany our government grows a brain and starts going nuclear again too ASAP so that we too can start truly going green. #SaveGER6
It's not happenning: *Bloomberg* 7 August 2023 "France to become Europe’s top net power exporter, while Germany has moved from exporter to importer during the first half of this year… *most of the power flowing to Great Britain* (8TWh) and Italy (9TWh)."
Carbon intensity of the power sector in the EU - 2022 - CO2 grams per KW: Germany *385.4* France *84.8* (2nd best in EU)
@@marsupiomarsupi4421 You have no idea what is going to happen in the future, you are not a clairvoyant.
@@krashd 1. French EDF is building 6 EPR nuclear power plants (1.650 GW each = 9.9 GW total), cost 51 billion euros.
2. Hydroelectric power: 432 dams, 2,300 hydroelectric installations, producing 25.5 GW (equivalent to 16 EPR power plants), 1st hydropower production in the EU.
3. Solar power: France is the largest country in the EU, South of France has got great potential for solar energy, its sunshine is one of the best in Europe. 2023 photovoltaic park: 20.1 GW, planned 35 GW in 2028.
4. 2022 connected onshore wind power: 20 GW. Planned for 2028: 34 GW for onshore wind power and 6 GW for offshore wind power.
impressive@@marsupiomarsupi4421
Thank you for the look
Great to see behind the scenes, what a fabulous project. Enjoyed the video but never mind big carl i was disappointed not to see big Jack, who really makes it all happen
So true
Keep up the good work. We need the power from these power plants. Hopefully, there will be many more it the future
We should be building at least another six, skills will be lost and so will lessons learned, having worked on a few de-commissioning nuclear sites, the safety culture is just awesome
Brilliant! Looking good. I wish more countries would build reactors today.
Great progress guys!
Will it bring use cheaper electricity or will we be exspted to pay even more more than we can afford etc etc
Phenomanal achievent. As someone completly new to nuclear physics and engineering this is very inspirational. Massive achievement of individuals working for thr collective well done. 👏
Thank you so much! I've been on the project for two years. It's incredible.
6 million homes wow! I wish the world would be more realistic and use more of these. Australia 🇦🇺 wake up !
yeah that's over half of Australias homes. it's crazy, now imagine having 2? energy would be sooooo cheap.
Love it, we need to start one of those beasties every year for the next 10 years, clean power, reliable power and independent power.
The french have the cleanest steam based power in Europe, no reason why we cant. The more we build the cheeper they get.
Great progress. I would love to visit when it's complete. As an ex nuclear power worker this is fascinating to me.
BIG CARL ❤❤❤❤
Watching closely from Australia !! Maybe one day our politicians will come to their senses and lift the ban here
The UK companies own nothing we have Sold everything to foreign companies Power Water Sewer Nuclear etc
The UK 🇬🇧 Government not fit for purpose
It is costing 35bn AUD, and will deliver power that will cost over double of our current grid rate ($180MW/h)
Nuclear subs 1st then power.
@@danielthunder9876 bs ... AEMO hasn't included the costs of transmission lines and backup
@@jimbob1427 That is the costs directly from this project. How much the UK will be charged for power from this plant. Nothing to do with AEMO.
Outstanding
staggering piece of engineering
That was very interesting and a great overview of a huge and complex project. It would be interesting to see/hear more about the project roadmap become operational. For example, does the whole site have to wait to start generation until both units are in place or are they independent to some extent. Also roughly when are you targetting for completing construction and moving to inspection and test and also, do you have the national grid interconnection in place?
I imagine each unit will come online as soon as it is built, that's how every other nuclear power plant has been built so i can't see them changing tack.
Judging by how the recent builds in Georgia (USA) and Finland were brought online, they will probably first bring it up to initial criticality without producing electricity, and then test doing this several times. Then they may have an extended test phase where they also provide some power to the grid (this was the case in Finland), before finally declaring the reactor operational, where it starts producing full power to the grid. In the case of Finland, the reactor was brought offline for a few months between the extended test and actual regular service. The example in Georgia illustrates that they are likely to bring each reactor online individually, without waiting for both to be complete.
We need to build more of these amazing power stations
Truly mind blowing
fascinating! please post regular updates
Hi, Have you got a Specific Date/Time of Dome Installation? I would like to capture some Shots from along the Coast.
this guy is a good presenter
Thats unreal. Theres actually somebody doing some work!!
Are the BBC still documenting the build for a future broadcast?
Great Britain will also be GREAT
I'd love to see a documentary series following the build. Fascinating and also so complex.
And it's the complexity that really boggles me why we're in this position in the first place (decades of failed Governmnet policy?). The UK has an abundance of tidal power. It's a shame not even 0.01% of what's been invested in nuclear has been invested in developing tidal power technologies.
Nick Clegg said years ago (paraphrasing) "Whats the point of starting to build a new nuclear power station when it wont be ready until 2020"
That, sadly is how most of our politicians view the world. Don't ever think long term. Think short termism things you can use a the next General Election.
There is a documentary on it :)
Look up 'Building Britain's Biggest Nuclear Power Station', 2 Episodes were released in 2021 ... hoping they have some more lined up to air soon.
GOOD STUFF
Great to see!
The scope of this project is just staggering...
Very impressive site, so much going on. And all just to make steam!
Brilliant but we should have built 10 of these.
You have Nick Clegg to thank for that
Wow big project in the uk,
Amazing stuff. Please build another three or four ASAP.
Belle brochure publicitaire pour l'EPR version britannique, (volant à droite, conduite à gauche) chantier colossal...................
As someone who worked on Dungeness B, lets hope the commisioning goes as well as the Civils. We dont want another Elizabethan line year or two of delays. No European new type of nuclear station has so far been under 10 years late. Dungeness B was about 12 years late.
What an astonishing amazing work of engineering in our UK 🇬🇧 so proud of them.
EDF
100% French technology. btw *Bloomberg* 7 August 2023 "France to become Europe’s top net power exporter… *most of the power flowing to Great Britain* (8TWh) and Italy (9TWh)."
@@marsupiomarsupi4421 how long will that last though? All the French reactors are getting old.
@@spidos1000 Which is why they are building more of them.
French not English
I assume the BBC are still present filming for a future second series of the documentary they did about this place
Amazing engineering
While Germany phasing out nuclear, UK builds new plants! Well done!
Sooooo very very cool!
Awesome to see the construction of a nuclear reactor. Any job opportunities there??
France have 86 Nuclear power stataions.. we have 7. France are pretty much energy independent.
Bloomberg 7 August 2023 "France to become Europe’s top net power exporter… most of the power flowing to Great Britain (8TWh) and Italy (9TWh)."
Yeah but what they never gloat about is how old a lot of those plants are, and how they'll need to be decommissioned soon
@@CynicalPlatapus 1. French EDF is building 6 EPR nuclear power plants (1.650 GW each = 9.9 GW total), cost 51 billion euros.
2. Hydroelectric power: 432 dams, 2,300 hydroelectric installations, producing 25.5 GW (equivalent to 16 EPR power plants), 1st hydropower production in the EU.
3. Solar power: France is the largest country in the EU, South of France has got great potential for solar energy, its sunshine is one of the best in Europe. 2023 photovoltaic park: 20.1 GW, planned 35 GW in 2028.
4. 2022 connected onshore wind power: 20 GW. Planned for 2028: 34 GW for onshore wind power and 6 GW for offshore wind power.
btw France is the 2nd best in the EU for CO2 emissions per KW produced: Carbon intensity of the power sector in the EU - 2022 - CO2 grams per KW: Poland *634* Cyprus *589* Malta *495* Estonia *464* Czechia *415* Bulgaria *399* Germany *385* Italy *371* Netherlands *354* Ireland *345* Greece *343* Romania *264* Croatia *246* Slovenia *237* Portugal *234* Hungary *222* Spain *217* Lithuania *194* Latvia *181* Denmark *180* Luxembourg *168* Belgium *165* Austria *157* Slovakia *140* Finland *130* France *84* Sweden *45* …. UK *249*
@@marsupiomarsupi4421 for the love of god go away, no one cares about the crap you're spouting and I'm definitely not reading all of that
Pretty much? They have been energy independent for over 60 years...
The issue with nuclear isn't safety, it's cost and time. The current commissioning date for this power plant is September 2028. So still, at least, 5 years away before we see a single electron flow out of the reactor.
Letttts go, this is what we need to power britian
Good job, now if you build another 7 you can power every home in the UK, and sell the excesses.
The only fear i have is the cost of the end product will be prohibitively expensive ,
Our overlords in France and China will want a good return on their investment
But will it actually work and generate power when said, ,,
My wife and I married 31 years ago and actually went on a tour of Hinckley Point during our honeymoon, even signing the visitors book. It’s brilliant to see the place heading back to life and an absolute crime that we gave any power to the eco-nutters. Imagine if we’d have stuck with nuclear. No sky high electric prices, no reliance on Russia and for those who are daft enough to believe in Global Warming, lower Co2 emissions. Never again must we let the eco-idiots have any control,
I spent 20 months there awesome place !
They take people from overseas? I would like to work there.
@@Lerian_V56 nationalities
1) What is the clear span of the steel truss for the turbine building?
2) What is the Structural Design software used for Analyzing & Design of the steel truss .
Well. A Boeing 747 cannot penetrate it at cruise speed.
Really hope this will help uk with energy costs, sadly I doubt has yet again owned by overseas ie the frence government 😕
It's all amazing and exciting engineering, but we need to figure out small scale nuclear and lots of it so we don't need to have the biggest crane in the world and all the other things that slow the construction up
Viva la France 🎉
I really want to work here
Is there anything on the site that isn't 'huge'?
And to think this was originally supposed to be operational by 2017.
What happens to the spend fuel from the fuel rods from the reactor and waste
Chuck it in a big pile somewhere and leave it for future generations to deal with
@@ZonkedCompanionif net zero is such an emergency nuclear power is worth it. The rods in theory could be buried in the middle of the Sahara 20 miles down in a concrete tomb. Tell me....what's the risk with that ?
@@chrisjie2127 sounds like your head is buried 20 miles down in the Sahara with that kind of talk.
You have no logical response to my statement just like all anti-nuclear campaigners.@@ZonkedCompanion
Who’s the lucky person operating the massive crane
i cant believe the sheer size of it, i can see why they cost so much money, bring on nuclear, regardless of the cost, money wont matter when we are all under water and the whole ecosystem has collapsed.
Hi EDF, progress looks great and i would love to talk to one of the project engineers for in-line liquid measurements we provide. Who is the best person to talk to?
Bloomberg: "EDF’s UK Hinkley Nuclear Costs Balloon as Plant Delayed Anew
*Station could cost as much as £10 billion more than planned*
Unit 1 may not start until 2031 in a worst case scenario"
100% French technology here. EDF stands for: Electricité de France (Nationalized in 1946). 2nd world power producer, 167,000 employees worldwide.
The British have sold everything to foreign companies can you imagine the French doing that
The UK 🇬🇧 Government not fit for purpose
Amazing what's been achieved in a relatively short time period
Hi Mr Simon, I would love to be a part of this transformative project. I'm a mechanical engineer living in the Middle East. I need this opportunity if possible sir.
It always amazes me how Brits are able to build nuclear power plant but they can't build a normal house Which will be well isolated in winter time and not being an oven in summer,not mentioning the condition of the roads..
Tell me about it, I live in Sussex in the UK and there are new houses being built near me now with gas boilers, no solar and normal brick and basic insulation. It's maddening! all because the Gov can't set tough sensible standards
My home in Hertfordshire was built 4 years ago. It has solar and is very well insulated. However, the Brits are not building this power station. That's the Chinese and French.
Just how will the "digging out", to connect theses tunnels with the steel tubes, be accomplished?
JHS
If you add the words "nuclear power plant" in the thumbnail description, you'll get many more views...
People have so much fear over nuclear they think we still live in 1980's
Can see why soviets just didn’t bother with the concrete safety bit
It’s a shame our energy bills will more than double with it goes online,will we ever learn in this country😡.
Great work, build a few more of these and we can decarbonise the whole country.
Good stuff. Now explain again. Why did the Germans turn off theirs?
Of course, at some point this needs to be turned on. Wow
Wonder how much that guy is on
More stuff to clean up for our children and our children's children, I wonder what the cost over run will be?
Don't forget the AZ-5 button
It isn't only the post office. EDF have twice on the last year not credited my accounts with payments made. Also they keep changing the amounts owed - even greatly. Their foreign call centre is absolutely useless except that they take the payments from my bank account - but it isn't credited on the next bills. I can't be the only one this is happening to. I pay over the phone not by direct debit. Probably other energy companies also.
They send estimates even though meter reader come every 3 months or so and I have phoned in my own readings.
Software can only do what it is programmed to do. Everyone knows that.
Maybe some of us can do a class action against EDF.
EDF Energy of France 🇫🇷
Don't we own Anything..my question is who makes the profits the French Germans Danes Norway China ..but not the British 👎🇬🇧
For me it's a white Elephant if all Profits are leaving the UK
Like so many of our Large Companies
The UK 🇬🇧 Government not fit for purpose👎
If you don't want things privatised (and thus bought by foreign companies to be asset stripped) then you should never vote for the Tories, ever.