The "world's largest" crane has lifted the final ring onto the first reactor building at Somerset's Hinkley Point C power plant, French energy giant EDF has announced.
The crane - dubbed 'Big Carl' - hoisted the 304-tonne steel liner ring, which was prefabricated in a factory on site, into place on Monday (December 12). The ring features supporting brackets for the polar crane beam and is able to rotate 360 degrees above the reactor. It will be used for refuelling.
It is the third and final ring to be installed on the building, which will eventually contain one of Hinkley Point C’s two nuclear reactors. The unit has now grown in height by 11.6 metres and stands at 44 metres, EDF said.
