Environment Agency's Hinkley Point ‘meet the regulator meeting' invitation – 25th November 2025, 3.30pm to 5.00pm (on-line meeting using MS Teams) – Please register to attend

Good afternoon,  

The Environment Agency is the independent environmental regulator for the nuclear industry in England.  We make sure that nuclear power stations meet our high standards of environmental protection. We regulate the Hinkley Point A, B and C sites working closely with the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) who are responsible for safety and security regulation. 

You are receiving this email as a stakeholder who we believe may be interested in Hinkley Point or who has corresponded with us recently about one of the three sites at Hinkley Point. 

Hinkley Point ‘Meet the regulator’ meeting – Tuesday 25^th November 2025, 3:30pm to 5:00pm 

We are inviting you, and other stakeholders, to our on-line Hinkley Point ‘meet the regulator’ meeting.  We set up this forum following feedback from local stakeholders. We hold similar ‘meet the regulator’ meetings with stakeholders (local interest groups, NGOs, councils) around Sizewell and for sites we regulate in Cumbria. 

Meeting format: Virtual meeting using MS Teams 

These meetings will enable: 

·                better understanding of our role as a nuclear regulator and environmental regulator  what we do and what we do not do 

·                us to provide updates on our work at the Hinkley Point sites, on permit applications and variations and other issues of interest to stakeholders 

·                stakeholders to share views and ask questions of the regulator, and receive answers  

·                stakeholders to better understand how they can provide comments and views on Environment Agency consultations 

Decisions about environmental permits will always be the Environment Agency’s responsibility. However, we want these decisions to be better informed by good engagement. We want to understand people’s views and, where relevant, use them to help inform our work. 

Draft agenda and questions in advance 

This meeting will focus on updates from our nuclear regulators for the Hinkley A, B and C stations and our Wessex area Hinkley team who regulate the construction site. 

Draft outline agenda 

·                Introductions 

·                Updates from Hinkley A, B and C stations 

·                Forward look  

·                Question and Answer session 

Invited observers 

We will invite a representative from Natural England to this meeting and also a representative from the sites at Hinkley Point.  If you have any concerns about this, please let us know and we will reconsider this option. Please note they will not be able to respond to questions. 

Please register to attend and send questions in advance 

We hope that you will be able to join us at this on-line meeting. Should you wish to attend, please email HinkleyNuclear@environment-agency.gov.uk by Wednesday 19^th November 2025.  

Please include questions and topics about the Environment Agency’s regulation that you would like to address to us at this meeting or at subsequent meetings.   

You’ll also be able to ask questions in the meeting directly and via the ‘chat’ function in TEAMS.  Due to meeting time constraints, we will firstly address questions received in advance and then questions received during the meeting if time allows.  

Please can we ask that you do not share the joining details for this meeting with anyone else.  Attendance at the meeting is by invitation only and should be administered by the Environment Agency. Should another member of your organisation(s) like to join the meeting please email to advise of this and we will provide the relevant details on how to join the meeting to the additional attendees.  

Please note: meeting attendee names will be recorded in the meeting materials such as the agenda and meeting notes that are shared with other stakeholders.  If you wish to attend this meeting and you would prefer that your name isn’t recorded in the meeting materials, please can you confirm so to us by email. 

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Kind Regards 

Ben Shayler 

Wessex Area Environment Manager