Building Hartlepool nuclear power station is a collection of over a hundred images taken during the construction of the Reactor Hall Building and the construction of the two pre-stressed concrete Pressure Vessels which contain the reactors and boilers.
The images date from summer 1969 - summer 1972
Building of the power station started in 1969 and first generated power in 1983. Expected to be decommissioned from 2009 - 2014, the power station currently provides electricity for over 3% of the UK. Powered by two 1575 MWTh advanced gas reactors and two 660 MW generators.
Images taken by Andrew Payne. Andrew Payne was one of several civil engineers who worked on the construction of the Reactor Hall Building and on the construction of the two pre-stressed concrete Pressure Vessels which contain the reactors and boilers.
Andrew Payne left the site to work in the Middle-East in June 1972. Construction of the Pressure Vessels continued for several more years.
Building Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station. Pictures include Reactor Hall excavation, Pile boring and Reinforcing steel for first tower foundation
Building Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station. Pictures include Slipforming, north-east tower of Reactor Hall, upper deck of slipform platform
Building Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station. Pictures include Reactor Hall towers and mini-tower
Building Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station. Pictures include Night-shift slipforming, Fixing reinforcing steel for the base of the first Pressure Vessel and Installing steel beams between Reactor Hall towers
Building Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station. Pictures include Steelwork and concrete, Detailed view of No.54 with Reactor Hall concrete frame structure surrounding the Pressure Vessel and View of site from northwest
Building Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station. Pictures include Work on the Reactor Hall and Pressure Vessel
Building Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station. Pictures include Cladding rails being fitted to Reactor Hall, perimeter precast units, voids formed for boilers, reinforcing steel, prestressing anchors and a number of light metal ducts
Building Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station. Pictures include Commencing fabrication of the 1st steel liner for the 1st Pressure Vessel, Painting the roof steelwork and Pressure Vessel construction
Building Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station. Pictures include View down onto 1st steel liner, View of Reactor Hall with Turbine Hall in foreground and Perimeter cladding rails for Reactor Hall
