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If you enjoy big engineering ...
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Pretty impressive. Wouldn't like to have done the structural drawings :eek:
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Cool.
I have a client who, when he first became a client, was in Libya. He had to get out of their pretty quick when it all went to pot. His company based him in Egypt. He met someone, they have a 18 month old and Egypt goes to pot so they come to the UK. He asks his contract manager for somewhere quiet - with his new family - manager replies "We are building the new sarcophagus for Chernobyl, you can go there" |
The closer you get the quieter it gets ;)
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Seems more thought and effort went building the sarcophagus than the reactor...
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Originally Posted by EddScott
(Post 11262867)
Cool.
I have a client who, when he first became a client, was in Libya. He had to get out of their pretty quick when it all went to pot. His company based him in Egypt. He met someone, they have a 18 month old and Egypt goes to pot so they come to the UK. He asks his contract manager for somewhere quiet - with his new family - manager replies "We are building the new sarcophagus for Chernobyl, you can go there" He won't take a hint will he? :) dl |
vid from design stage
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Originally Posted by EddScott
(Post 11262867)
Cool.
I have a client who, when he first became a client, was in Libya. He had to get out of their pretty quick when it all went to pot. His company based him in Egypt. He met someone, they have a 18 month old and Egypt goes to pot so they come to the UK. He asks his contract manager for somewhere quiet - with his new family - manager replies "We are building the new sarcophagus for Chernobyl, you can go there" |
Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
(Post 11263080)
Yeah the new containment dome at Chernobyl is quite a structure. It is bigger than a catherdral and is being built off site. The plan is to slide it on rails to position over the reactor building. Nobody knows if it will work.
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Will this addition become a new map on call of duty :)
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If you enjoy really big engineering or need to dig quite a big hole, here's an example of some kit that we make crossing a road. It's not the quickest (1km/hr) but you wouldn't want to get in its way...
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps49c07a76.jpg http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/w...psa45b66ba.jpg On the night one you can see an operators cabin near the wheel or the brave VW golf down below which gives you a bit of perspective. Just the 33,000 cubic meters per day :D |
Parts of the reactor building are so contaminated you would get a lethal does within just a few seconds. Really Chernobyl and Fukushima just kill dead any arguments for nuclear power. Risks are potentially enormous and only calculable in hindsight.
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This website may be of interest re Chernobyl - its by the daughter of one of the guys involved in the clean up and she was allowed access to the closed areas.
very spooky http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/ki...eed/index.html |
I didn`t notice anyone with a burning lamp opening out holes that don`t line up. Pretty amazing considering the number of holes in the bolted plates.
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Big holes, little bolts - Works every time :thumb:
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I always find it impressive when they produce a piece of massive engineering. I can never quite picture how they gets all those enormous pieces in place.
Les |
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