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In pictures | First Hinkley Point C reactor journeys to site

Hinkley Point C reactor
The first of two nuclear reactors makes the journey from France (Image: Hinkley Point C)

The first new nuclear reactor for a British power station in more than 30 years has arrived.

This is a significant milestone for the Hinkley Point C development in Somerset. Already 8,000 people are working at the construction site.

The reactor has been made by Framatome in France and comes from the same factory that made the last nuclear reactor for a British power station in 1995. This was for Sizewell B, in Suffolk.

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