Overbudget: Britain's $57BN Nuclear Nightmare

What went wrong at Hinkley Point C — Europe's largest construction site.
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Clarification: The acoustic fish deterrent was proposed in EDF's original planning application for Hinkley Point C.

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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nu...
https://www.reuters.com/business/ener...
https://www.neimagazine.com/news/more...
https://world-nuclear.org/information....

00:00 Intro
00:47 History
02:07 Nuclear in the UK
03:04 The HPC Site
05:33 The Construction
08:03 The Problems
09:48 Environmental Impact
11:23 Learning Lessons

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