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Bechtel Completes Major Milestone at Georgia Nuclear Plant Construction Site
A Bechtel-led construction team completed the final major lifts inside the containment vessels for Georgia Power’s Vogtle 3 & 4 project in Waynesboro, GA, following the placement of the Unit 4 containment vessel top head. These are the essential elements of the unit’s nuclear power system, used to generate the steam needed to drive the unit’s turbine generator to produce electricity.
Bechtel’s Brian Reilly says, “This milestone indicates tremendous progress on the project, and we expect this momentum to continue throughout 2020. We are proud to be a part of building the future of nuclear power in the United States.”
The top head is 130 feet in diameter, 37 feet tall, and weighs nearly 1.5 million pounds, which is more than two fully-loaded jumbo jets. It’s comprised of 58 large plates, welded together, each more than an inch-and-a-half thick.
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