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Hinkley Point C / EDF Announces Cost Increase To £32 Billion For UK Nuclear Station

By David Dalton
20 February 2023

Revised figures result of inflation that has pushed up price of labour and raw materials

EDF Announces Cost Increase To £32 Billion For UK Nuclear Station
The revised costings are the result of inflation that has pushed up the price of labour and raw materials. Courtesy Hinkley Point C/Twitter.
The cost of building the two-unit Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in the UK is set to increase to £32bn (€36bn, $38.5bn) – up by almost 30% on previous estimates of £26bn, France’s state power company EDF said.

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