The concrete stack stood 175 feet tall, much shorter than when the reactor was irradiating fuel to produce plutonium.
The contractor that demolished the K West Reactor stack had also taken down the Kingdome in 2000. This is a step toward putting the reactor into temporary storage.
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Video: 175-foot Cold War-era nuclear exhaust tower demolished at Hanford Site
A towering concrete exhaust stack at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state was ...
There are all kinds of critical infrastructure lying beneath the surface of our oceans – road and rail tunnels connecting land masses, pipelines for oil and gas, power cables connecting islands and ...
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Video: World’s first underwater 3D-printed concrete to reshape wind farms and defense
Australian researchers have recently developed the world’s first underwater 3D concrete printing system which ...
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At the Middle East’s largest defence exhibition, a Chinese state-owned shipbuilding giant is showcasing a new surface-to-subsurface delivery vehicle designed for frogman operations in the South China ...
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The most challenging place to do demolition
Ashleigh Contracts takes on a rare and complex challenge — demolishing structures below the waterline. Watch how underwater demolition is done safely and precisely. Starmer faces backlash over trip to ...
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Cambodia’s concrete ‘reefs’ thwart trawling and create new homes for marine life
As countries commit to bans on bottom trawling, an island community in Cambodia is implementing its own method: dropping large cement blocks in near-shore waters. These not only snag trawling boats’ ...
BAREILLY: A 22-year-old man, Mohd Faizan, died on Friday while attempting to shoot a social media reel near an under-construction flyover in Bareilly.Faizan, a barber by profession and a resident of ...
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