A 5,000-tonne structure has been placed on the seabed of the Bristol Channel as part of work being carried out by Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Somerset. French energy giant EDF, which is behind the Bridgwater-based power station, said it was Hinkley's "biggest-ever lift at sea".
New footage released by the plant shows the precision placement of the so-called 'intake head', which is the second of four being connected to five miles of tunnels that will supply the plant's nuclear reactors with cooling water. The two 'outfall heads' have already been lowered into position.
The work to install the system is regarded as one of the world’s most complex marine engineering projects – as the Bristol Channel has the second-highest tidal range on the planet.
