The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has notified EDF Energy and Doosan Babcock of its intention to prosecute both companies over a safety incident at Hinkley Point B.
The charges relate to the injury of a Doosan Babcock employee at the nuclear plant in Somerset on 12 April 2017.
The ONR said the incident was a conventional health and safety matter and there was “no radiological risk to workers or the public”.
EDF Energy Nuclear Generation will be prosecuted for offences under the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act and Doosan Babcock for offences under the 2005 Work at Height Regulations.
The decision follows an investigation into the incident by the ONR. Proceedings are scheduled to commence at Bath Magistrates Court on 12 September 2018.
Doosan Babcock said in a statement: “Health and safety is our number one value at Doosan Babcock and we take our responsibilities with regards to this extremely seriously.
“Following an industrial safety incident, involving a fall from height of a Doosan Babcock colleague at Hinkley Point B in April 2017, we have cared for our employee and have co-operated fully with the ONR throughout the investigation and we now acknowledge their intention to prosecute.
“As legal proceedings are pending we will not make any further comment at this stage.”
A spokesperson for EDF Energy said: “We are reviewing the charges against us and considering our response. As we would in any industrial safety incident of this nature we have and will continue to cooperate fully with the ONR”.