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Gallery of images - building the nuclear power station

Pile boring - summer 1969
Pile boring - summer 1969

Fitting out the upper deck of the slipform platform for the first tower
Fitting out the upper deck of the slipform platform for the first tower

Reinforcing steel for first tower foundation - summer 1969
Reinforcing steel for first tower foundation - summer 1969

Reactor Hall excavation - summer 1969
Reactor Hall excavation - summer 1969

Reactor Hall view with steel cylinders for bored piles under Pressure Vessels
Reactor Hall view with steel cylinders for bored piles under Pressure Vessels

Reactor Hall excavation - summer 1969
Reactor Hall excavation - summer 1969

Site concrete batching plant with formwork for first slipformed tower in foreground
Site concrete batching plant with formwork for first slipformed tower in foreground

View of lower deck of slipform platform - 1969
View of lower deck of slipform platform - 1969

Excavation of first Reactor Hall tower foundation, with bored piles - summer 1969
Excavation of first Reactor Hall tower foundation, with bored piles - summer 1969

Fitting out the lower deck of the first slipform platform - summer 1969
Fitting out the lower deck of the first slipform platform - summer 1969