Award for nuclear haul
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Engineering to move two new steam generators to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant has been recognised with an award.
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| A road trip to remember (Image: Michael Baker Corp) |
Engineering to move two new steam generators to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant has been recognised with an award.
In September 2009 Michael Baker Jr Inc. supported the haulage of the 510 tonne components along a 120 kilometer route characterised by hilly terrain, narrow rural roadways and many water crossings. At some 750 tonnes including vehicles the loads were the largest ever moved by road in the US states of Pennsylvania and Maryland. The journey required a crew of about 100 on a daily basis and at times the convoy stretched over 3 kilometers in length.
Baker won the Special Projects award of the Amercian Council of Engineering Companies of Pennsylvania for its "outstanding route planning and bridge and highway engineering."
Baker was working for components supplier Areva, which called the job "the most challenging large component delivery in Areva's history." The steam generators were manufactured at Chalon/Saint Marcel in eastern France.
Researched and written
by World Nuclear News
