HINKLEY Point C has successfully transported its heaviest delivery to date to the site near Bridgwater.
The first of the power station’s eight 520-tonne steam generators was delivered safely to the construction site over the weekend after arriving by sea and road.
The 25m long steam generators will take heat from the nuclear reactors to create steam to power the world’s largest turbines.
It's arrival is in time for the fit-out of the new power station, which will see the first nuclear reactor installed later this year, after being delivered in February 2023.
The steam generator travelled the final four miles by road transporter after arriving from Avonmouth at Combwich Wharf on the River Parrett in Somerset.
Four generators will be placed in each reactor building, operating at an average temperature of 295°C for at least 60 years.
Each generators' design, manufacturing and testing took a total of six years.
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