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Hinkley Point C Nuclear Station will need daily 4,200 Olympic swimming pools’ amount of cooling water.

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. …………..These are the first nuclear qualified tunnels to be designed in the U.K.,” says Jacobs’ HPC Marine Works Project Manager Steve Marshall.

“They will have the capacity to transfer 2.7 billion U.S. gallons (10.4 million cubic meters) of coolingwater a day. “There is a blueprint for building reactors but marine works
to deliver the cooling water can never be exactly the same because we’re
always dealing with different geology and tidal ranges,” he explains.

“Added to this we have the nuclear safety aspect and the need to build
structures that are capable of doing their jobs for an 85-year design life
with very little maintenance. They also have to be capable of withstanding
a 1-in-10,000 year earthquake and extreme waves in the stormiest sea
conditions.”

 Market Screener 1st Sept 2023

https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/JACOBS-SOLUTIONS-INC-13160/news/Ruling-the-Waves-A-Look-at-Hinkley-Point-C-Nuclear-Power-Station-44751607/

September 4, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | technology, UK