Sizewell C – Wrong Project, Wrong Time, Wrong Place.

Stop Sizewell C statement on Sizewell C’s Final Investment Decision, 22 July 2025.

“This much-delayed Final Investment Decision has only crawled over the line thanks to guarantees that the public purse, not private investors, will carry the can for the inevitable cost overruns. Even so, UK households will soon be hit with a new Sizewell C construction tax on their energy bills. It is astounding that it is only now, as contracts are being signed, that the government has confessed that Sizewell C’s cost has almost doubled to an eye watering £38 billion – a figure that will only go up. Given that Ministers claimed not to recognise the cost was close to £40 billion is there any wonder there is so little trust in this project?”

WHAT YOU CAN DO…

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Is it no.1 reason? "as one #nuclear expert told me in exasperation last week: “It’s a terrible decision to choose a technology they have not finished designing yet. That rushes the design and that is the number one reason for cost overruns”
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We don't like the new #nuclear National Policy Statement (EN-7) but with the ban on nuclear reactors being sited near residential areas staying in place the Nuclear Industry Association don't love it either...
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No talent in the east then apparently....
"#SizewellC opens Manchester office to capture talent in North as project’s spend in region passes £168m"
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You need to set aside a good 15 minutes to read through all these #SizewellC road closures and traffic management schemes. North South West East - everywhere affected. The best advice? Stay home if you can blot out the pile-driving noise....
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https://www.szcworkstracker.co.uk/sizewell-c-related-traffic-management-road-closures-2/

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Stop Sizewell C16 hours ago
Is rushed design the number one reason?
"....as one #nuclear expert told me in exasperation last week: “It’s a terrible decision to choose a technology they have not finished designing yet. That rushes the design and that is the number one reason for cost overruns”
#StopSizewellC
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Stop Sizewell C21 hours ago
We don't like the new #nuclear National Policy Statement (EN-7) but with the ban on nuclear reactors being sited near residential areas staying in place the Nuclear Industry Association don't love it either...
#StopSizewellC
Stop Sizewell C
Stop Sizewell C4 days ago
You need to set aside a good 15 minutes to read through all these #SizewellC road closures and traffic management schemes. North South West East - everywhere affected. The best advice? Stay home if you can blot out the pile-driving noise....
#StopSizewellC
https://www.szcworkstracker.co.uk/sizewell-c-related-traffic-management-road-closures-2/ or if reading on Insta search Sizewell C works tracker Latest Info (first item)
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Stop Sizewell C4 days ago
The US said "“We are extremely disappointed by this decision, not least because there are cheaper, faster and already-approved options to provide clean, safe energy at this same location.” Hah!
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/us-disappointed-that-rolls-royce-will-build-uks-first-small-modular-reactors
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Stop Sizewell C5 days ago
Essex&Suffolk Water has opened a 6‑week consultation on a multi‑£million infrastructure scheme intended to bolster water supplies across #Suffolk a county the Environment Agency designated “seriously water stressed” (ie none for #SizewellC)
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Stop Sizewell C6 days ago
"It is thought @energygovuk will give the go-ahead for a small modular reactor [at #Wylfa] on Thursday. Ministers have been weighing whether to choose Anglesey or Oldbury after signing a £2.5bn partnership with Rolls Royce earlier this year"
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