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New emergency equipment facility for US plant

April 15, 2016

A new building designed to withstand earthquakes and tornadoes has been completed at the Hatch nuclear power plant in Georgia. The dome-shaped building will house portable back-up emergency equipment including generators, pumps and other resources.

The Hatch FLEX Dome is nearly 12 metres in height, 46 metres in diameter and features 46-centimetre thick reinforced concrete walls. The building is designed to withstand an earthquake, a direct hit by a tornado, damage from airborne flying objects during a tornado, or similar threats.

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