The manufacture of the reactor pressure vessel for the first of two EPR units at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant under construction in Somerset, UK, has been completed in France and the large component is ready for delivery to the construction site.
Big Carl, the world’s largest crane, lifted a huge 304-tonne steel liner ring onto Hinkley Point C's first reactor building in the early hours of Monday (December 12th).
The world’s largest crane, called 'Big Carl', lifted the 304-tonne steel liner ring on to the first reactor building at Hinkley Point in the early hours of Monday.