The CVBH, nearly 38ft tall and 130ft wide, consists of dozens of individual steel plates and it was fabricated on site by CB&I, the project’s contractor.
Georgia Power said that placing of the vessel, using a 560-foot tall heavy lift derrick, had took around four hours.
The installation of vessel represents continued progress of the construction of the two new nuclear units using Westinghouse’s AP1000 technology.
Since the beginning of the year, the Vogtle project has achieved several other major milestones including placement of the 460-ton CR10 module into the Unit 4 nuclear island and a 2.2 million pound CA20 module for Unit 3. The CR10 module resembles a concave bowl with a hollow center and is the structure upon which the CVBH rests.
The Vogtle 3 and 4 expansion is part of the company’s long-term, strategic plan for providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable energy for Georgians over the next 60 years.
