Hinkley Point C is set to take between 8 and 10 years to become fully operational.
Seven people have been arrested as anti-nuclear protesters carried out a planned trespass at Hinkley Point.
The first nuclear site licence for 25 years has been granted to Hinkley Point in Somerset.
BBC: Hinkley Point nuclear station: Licence granted for site
In November 2009 it announced plans to install pylons between Hinkley Point and Avonmouth.
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Radioactive emissions from the proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear plant have been underestimated, campaigners claim.
Three environmental permits enabling the operation of a new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point have been granted.
BBC: Environmental permits granted for Hinkley Point station
It will be made up of two nuclear reactors and will be built next to Hinkley Point A and B.
Hinkley Point B in Somerset, and Hunterston B in North Ayrshire, are now expected to remain operational until 2023.
An application for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset has been submitted by EDF Energy.
Hinkley Point C will be the third nuclear plant at the site.
French energy giant EDF announced this week it was reducing the number of workers at its Hinkley Point C project.
"I'm hoping for a long-term career in construction and hopefully to get a job out at Hinkley Point, " she says.
The site's current Hinkley Point B came into service in 1976 but its working life has been extended to 2016.
The French companies are looking at building two new plants at Hinkley Point in Somerset, but will need planning permission.
Concerns have been raised over the height of pylons between Hinkley Point and Avonmouth by North Somerset MP Dr Liam Fox.
He said Hinkley Point C will provide a "supply chain investment and a large number of apprenticeships for our young people".
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More than 1, 500 workers are employed across Hinkley Point B and Hunterston B, which each generate enough electricity for one million homes.
Planning permission was granted last week for the Hinkley Point station, the first such facility to be built in the UK since 1995.
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Centrica's intention had been to get involved in the two new reactors at Hinkley Point, in Somerset, and two at Sizewell, in Suffolk.
The consultation deadline for people who want to comment on plans for two new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset has been extended.
Once the electricity price is agreed, the French energy giant will need to confirm its intention to build the two reactors, known as Hinkley Point C.
The last new reactor design to be agreed was in December last year for energy firms EDF and Areva, for sites at Hinkley Point, Somerset, and Sizewell at Suffolk.
"We have put in place rigorous processes to ensure any contract for Hinkley Point C, the most advanced nuclear project, represents the best possible deal for consumers, " Mr Davey said.
"We came to our decisions to issue the Hinkley Point C permits only after careful consideration of all the responses we received following the two periods of public consultation, " a spokesperson for the agency said.
As part of the planning process, local councils have complied a series of impact reports, exploring the effects on Bridgwater, the largest town closest to Hinkley Point, as well as the numerous villages and hamlets in West Somerset and Sedgemoor such as Cannington and Stogursey.
And because even in my malaise I could hear the agony of the French energy giant, EDF, in its standoff with the Treasury over what rewards it should get for building a new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset, that seemed a plausible re-entry point for me.
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