This is entry number 291, published on 2 November 2011, of a
blog on the Planning Act 2008 infrastructure planning and
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Today's entry examines progress on applications as the
latest, for the Hinkley Point nuclear power station, is made.
Hinkley Point application
On Monday, the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) received
the long-awaited (and incorrectly pre-empted by Chris Huhne a
couple of weeks ago) application from EDF Energy for a new nuclear
power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset. This is the first
application for a nuclear power station, and the first that will
produce more than 100MW of additional electricity - over 3000MW, in
fact. Although it gets more Google hits with a 'c' than
without, Hinkley doesn't have one - but it will be Hinkley
Point C nuclear power station.
