Illustration - Nuclear Power Plants
FRANCE. LORRAINE. MOSELLE (57) CATTENOM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (ARCHIVES, 2003): INTERIOR OF REACTOR BUILDING NO. 4. THE REACTOR VESSEL COVER HAD MICRO-CRACKS AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED: A DELICATE OPERATION THAT WE FOLLOWED EXCLUSIVELY. FIRST STEP: THE NEW COVER ENTERS THE REACTOR BUILDING (OR BR, IN EDF JARGON) THROUGH THE EQUIPMENT AIRLOCK. WITH A DIAMETER OF 8 METRES, THIS AIRLOCK IS SEALED BY 164 ENORMOUS BOLTS. OPENING IT TAKES THREE HOURS OF WORK! Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM
- Product Code
- ILEA004803793
- Registered date
- 2013/7/15 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Compoint Stephane/Only France/ABACA
- Media size
- 4500 × 4500 pixel
- Deployment size
- 3.95(MB)*
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.