Nuclear lift
Corus Process Engineering, part of Corus Northern Engineering Services, has successfully completed the manufacture and assembly of two, six-metre-diameter steel lifting girdles.
Corus Process Engineering (CPE), part of Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES), has successfully completed the manufacture and assembly of two, six-metre-diameter steel lifting girdles. These will be used to remove 400-tonne heat exchangers from the reactors at Calder Hall nuclear plant in Cumbria.
Each reactor has four vertically mounted heat exchangers, which are located externally to the reactor building and were clad for insulation and weather protection. The heat exchangers weigh around 400 tonnes and measure 27m in length with a diameter of 5.5m.
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