Hinkley Point C power station fitted with ‘world’s biggest’ crane

A 347-tonne steel ring has been deployed to the power plant’s first reactor

Hey Big Carl, how you doin’?

EDF installed the first steel ring section onto the second reactor building of Hinkley Point C power station in Somerset

Big Carl: World’s biggest crane starts work at Hinkley Point C nuclear plant

It is 250 metres tall and can carry 5,000 tonnes in a single lift – equivalent to 32 single-storey houses or 1,600 cars