Das Kernkraftwerk Hinkley Point C (HPC) ist eines der größten und technologisch komplexesten Projekte in Europa.

HPC ist das erste Kernkraftwerk, das in Großbritannien seit einer Generation gebaut wurde, und sein Bau erfordert hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte und die besten Bau- und Ingenieurlösungen.

The HPC Project is located in Somerset, South West England, and will consist of two nuclear reactors capable of generating 3.2GW of low-carbon electricity.

The new power station is being constructed in the same area as the existing Hinkley Point A and B stations. The former has ceased operation for quite some time, while the latter is decommissioning in 2022.

Dextra wurde mit der Lieferung mechanischer Verbindungen der Betonbewehrung für Teile des HPC, insbesondere für die Flugzeugaufprallschutzschale des Reaktors, beauftragt.

More than 2.5 million Griptec couplers are supplied for the construction of HPC.

Griptec is designed to comply with the most stringent project specifications, and has proven to be a popular system of choice for EPR nuclear power stations, having been used for the construction of the Flamanville 3, Taishan 1, and Taishan 2 power stations.

The Griptec mechanical splice consists of two steel sleeves which are swaged onto the end of the reinforcing bars by a specific machine that was designed and patented by Dextra.

Diese Stauchmaschine beinhaltet einen systematischen zerstörungsfreien Zugtest. Griptec ist das einzige Kupplungssystem, das eine automatische Qualitätskontrolle jeder verarbeiteten Stange bietet.

Besides Griptec couplers, Dextra is also supplying 3 million headed bars to the project. These are reinforcing bars that are bent on one side and fitted with an anchorage head on the other side and are used for the transverse reinforcement of concrete slabs, rafts, and walls. They allow a much faster and safer site installation than conventional double-bend bars.

When complete, HPC will provide low-carbon electricity for around six million homes.