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The polar crane has been installed within the reactor building of the second reactor under construction at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in southwest England. It comes days before the unit's ...
A 750-tonne polar crane has been installed at Hinkley Point C Unit 2, marking a major step towards dome installation and ...
The world’s largest crane has lifted a 245-tonne dome into place on top of the first nuclear power station to be built in the ...
The crane responsible for the lift is Big Carl – officially designated SGC-250 – a platform-mounted lattice-boom crane ...
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Interesting Engineering on MSNWorld’s largest construction crane lifts a 245-ton dome onto a nuclear reactor buildingLondon-based EDF Energy has lifted a 245-ton dome onto a reactor building using the world’s largest construction crane. The new nuclear plant in Somerset, Hinkley Point C, will feature twin nuclear ...
The crane was shipped from Ghent, Belgium to the Hinkley Point C project location in Somerset, UK on over 250 trucks over a period of months, according to Sky News. It recently began operation at ...
The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, ... Using the internal polar crane, it was rotated and gently lowered onto a support ring, ensuring a 40mm clearance on both sides.
A giant crane has lifted the final liner ring into place at Hinkley Point C’s second reactor building. The 423-tonne piece of steel, which is 11.6 metres in height and 47 metres in diameter, is the ...
A spokesperson for the nuclear power station said: "Hinkley Point C’s first reactor building is 17-metres taller today, thanks to the world’s biggest crane, Big Carl. A 347-tonne liner steel ...
Sarens’ 5,000 tonne capacity crane nicknamed Big Carl was used to install a polar crane weighing 750 tonnes at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station construction project in the UK. On 5 December ...
"Big Carl" - the world's largest crane - is beginning work at Hinkley Point C power station in Somerset. The Sarens SGC-250 crane can reach higher than the tallest tower at London's Canary Wharf ...
The world's largest crane has arrived in the UK to begin work on the nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. Standing at 656ft (250m) tall, the crane is one of the tallest man-made structures in ...
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