World’s Biggest Crane Lifts Huge Steel Ring at U.K. Nuclear Site
- 382-ton steel band will encase reactor at Hinkley Point
- Workers are trying to catch up delays caused by the pandemic
Big Carl lifts a steel containment ring at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgewater, U.K., on Dec. 17.
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The world’s largest crane hoisted the first of three massive steel rings that will encase one of the reactors at Electricite de France SA’s nuclear construction site in the U.K., a key milestone in getting the project completed on time.
Operators of the 250-meter (820-foot) tall crane, affectionately known as “Big Carl,” lifted the ring that weighs as much as a jumbo jet overnight to take advantage of windless conditions.