Inspectors released 4 enforcement notifications after pre-planned assessments over 3 days in November at the very first reactor structure website recognized the capacity for damage and threat of major injury.
These were served on EDF customer body NNB GenCo HPC and specialists Bouygues and Laing O’Rourke Construction, the joint endeavor partners in BYLOR JV. The 4th was released to REEL UK which is setting up complicated handling systems at the website.
The companies have actually been provided up until completion of March to resolve the deficiencies in compliance and avoid reoccurrence.
Shane Turner, superintending inspector and head of security guideline– Hinkley Point C, stated: “The enforcement notifications need these 4 organisations to make enhancements in fire security plans at the Hinkley Point C website.
“We will engage with each of them throughout the duration of the enforcement notification to make sure favorable development is made.”
In the last couple of years fire teams have actually been called out to deal with 2 fires at Hinkley. In July 2022, a blaze broke out on scaffolding and led to some employees being left from the website, while before that in September 2021 a fire broke out at a short-term structure which was snuffed out after 30 minutes.