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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-21687437

>Hinkley Point C: Building challenges
Local infrastructure
>-Park and ride sites at Cannington and Williton
>-Parking for 1,300 vehicles at junctions 23 and 24 of the M5
>-Building three workers' campuses at Bridgwater Rugby Club, the former Innovia site (in Bridgwater) and on site at Hinkley Point C
>-Development at Combwich Wharf to help bring construction materials on site - development could take up to 18 months

Power station build
>The nuclear power station site will cover about 170 hectares (420 acres). Among the main elements are two UK European pressurised water (EPR) reactors, turbine halls and an electricity substation.
>"There's about three million cubic metres of earth to be moved and that's got to happen before the main construction teams can come in and they've got to build some tunnels to take the cooling water and bring the cooling water out.
>"Those are over 3km long and so there is a huge tunnelling contract to be done and then you can start putting down foundations for the main construction."
>This is likely to start sometime in 2014, with mechanical and electrical works to start mid-2015.
>This will be followed by about nine months to one year of testing before it can start producing electricity.

People and supply chains
>During peak construction the project will employ about 5,600 workers.
>So far 1,000 local companies have registered to the EDF supply chain and are going through the accreditation process.
>"It has to be a very well-planned project so every day you've got to know exactly what you're doing in relation to all the other contractors working round you.
>"So the biggest challenge really is mobilising the workforce in a relatively short period of time, training them all and getting them working alongside each other together."

tl;dr A nuclear reactor is a fucking huge project

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>>5426412
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