First station director for Hinkley Point C

SOMERSET power plant Hinkley Point C has appointed its first station director. Nuclear engineer Nicola Fauvel will lead the project through commissioning and into operation.

- HANNAH BAKER

She will return to the Bridgwater-based power station early next year after three years as plant manager and then station director at neighbouring Hinkley Point B.

During that time she led the team which defueled the station in preparation for handover to the Government organisation responsible for decommissioning.

Ms Fauvel, inset, has worked in the civil nuclear industry for 26 years and she has held a number of technical, leadership and project manager roles, including spending 13 years as part of the Hinkley Point C project.