Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 22 hours ago
The 5,000 tonne intake head structure will cap the tunnels supplying Hinkley Point C’s two nuclear reactors with cooling water. This significant feat of engineering saw the final concrete structure towed out 30 nautical miles into the Channel to meet two floating heavy lift cranes “Gulliver” and “Rambiz”. The two cranes then worked in tandem to place the cooling-water head structure onto the seabed.
The 5,000 tonne intake head structure will cap the tunnels supplying Hinkley Point C’s two nuclear reactors with cooling water. This significant feat of engineering saw the final concrete structure towed out 30 nautical miles into the Channel to meet two floating heavy lift cranes “Gulliver” and “Rambiz”. The two cranes then worked in tandem to place the cooling-water head structure onto the seabed.
