Approved by the UK government in 2016, Hinkley Point C, a nuclear power station located in Somerset, England, is still under construction, despite plans suggesting that it would be powering millions of homes by 2017. Controversially, the construction costs for the nuclear power station will be covered by two foreign state-owned enterprises: France's EDF Energy, and China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN), which has been blacklisted by the US.
It's the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in more than 20 years and will be the world's most expensive nuclear power plant, costing twice as much as the 2012 London Olympics. And it's not just the budget that has blown expectations; according to the latest reports, the workforce has swelled to 8,600, around 3,000 more people than originally predicted. In May this year, EDF announced that the plant would be delayed even further due to a combination of factors including Brexit and the Russian war in Ukraine.