Sizewell C: Supporting Britain’s energy security
The UK’s nuclear renaissance is being driven by its net zero ambitions, underpinned by plans to achieve energy security through cost effective, clean electricity made in Britain.
Although the UK aims to reach net zero by 2050, it has ambitious plans to decarbonise its power supply. Achieving this rapid increase in clean electricity will be driven in part by Sizewell C, a 3.2 gigawatt nuclear power station with two EPRs (European Pressurised Reactors), located in Suffolk.
When complete, Sizewell C will be capable of powering six million homes, equivalent to 7% of the UK’s energy needs and will generate electricity for 60 years. The project will be pivotal in helping the UK meet its net zero targets and will provide a vital boost to the country’s energy security.
Designing the nuclear island - the ‘heart’ of the plant
With our strong background in delivering complex nuclear civil design projects, Egis was appointed as lead design engineer of the ‘ICOSH consortium’ made up of Jacobs UK, SETEC TPI and Tractebel Engineering.
As a key component of the Sizewell C supply chain, Egis and its partners are delivering the civil detailed designs for the nuclear island which is the ‘heart’ of the power plant, including the reactor, fuel and safeguarding buildings. These buildings are the most complex and important structures that will be built on the nuclear island, needing to meet extremely high safety and safeguarding standards.
