Hinkley Point C nuclear power station will keep itself cool by drawing in and flushing out enough water to fill 4,200 Olympic swimming pools – every day. To do this, it needs 5.5 miles (8.8 kilometers) of tunnels located nearly 100 feet (30 meters) underneath the Bristol Channel, which has the second highest tidal range in the world. Jacobs designed the intake and outfall heads, shafts and tunnels for our client Balfour Beatty to deliver this engineering marvel, without which … read more »
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