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Following the challenges involved in building Hinkley Point C, one of Europe's largest projects and the first new nuclear power station in Britain for a generation.
- Programme: Building Britain's Biggest Nuclear Power Station
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2021
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