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| The 560-foot tall lift derrick at Plant Vogtle (Southern Company). |
That is one
mighty big crane. Here are
all the details from Southern Company:
Testing has begun on a major component in the construction
of two new nuclear units at Plant Vogtle 3 and 4 – a 560-foot tall heavy
lift derrick, one of the biggest cranes in the world.
The derrick, which will be used to move large pieces at the site of the
first new nuclear units built in the United States in 30 years, has the
capacity to move the equivalent of five 747 jets across the distance of
more than three-and-a-half football fields in a single lift.
In addition, major components will begin arriving to the site later this
year and early 2013, the first of which will be the reactor vessel for
Unit 3. The Unit 3 condensers have arrived from South Korea, where they
were manufactured. Unit 3 is scheduled to go online in 2016, and Unit 4
will follow in 2017.
Also at the site, significant work has been done on turbine islands,
cooling towers and nuclear islands. Over the next several months,
progress will continue to be made in the nuclear island, turbine
building and module assemblies.
"The project is progressing extremely well, especially when compared to
other large-scale infrastructure projects worldwide," said Joseph A.
"Buzz" Miller, Executive Vice President of Nuclear Development for
Georgia Power and Southern Nuclear. "The Vogtle 3 and 4 project
provides at least $2.2 billion more value to customers than the next
best available technology, according to Georgia Public Service
Commission staff."
For more photos and videos from the construction site, click
here.
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