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09-23-2025, 02:07 PM
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165-meter High Cooling Tower in Hartsville Demolished by Explosion
In Hartsville, Tennessee, a 165-meter cooling tower at an abandoned nuclear power plant was demolished last week. Construction began in 1977, but the project was canceled in 1984, partly due to rising costs - instead of the announced 2 billion, about 13 billion dollars were spent. The demolished cooling tower was one of the few structures that were completed. Its destruction required just over 400 kilograms of explosives. |
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09-23-2025, 02:41 PM
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Re: 165-meter High Cooling Tower in Hartsville Demolished by Explosion
Damn, those drone drops are getting super-powerful!
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09-25-2025, 07:46 PM
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Re: 165-meter High Cooling Tower in Hartsville Demolished by Explosion
Too bad they couldn't have repurposed that structure.  |
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09-26-2025, 08:18 PM
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Re: 165-meter High Cooling Tower in Hartsville Demolished by Explosion
They spent $13 Billion, and only got a COOLING TOWER?!?!?! WTF happened to the REST of the money?! A cooling tower is only like $23 Million dollars! |
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09-26-2025, 10:35 PM
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Re: 165-meter High Cooling Tower in Hartsville Demolished by Explosion
Where does all the cement go to? That shit won’t melt in the rain. Great the demolished the structure but all that cement and rebar are still there just in a pile now.  |
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09-27-2025, 11:00 PM
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Re: 165-meter High Cooling Tower in Hartsville Demolished by Explosion
I think they probably will recycle the concrete. They grind it down and use it to make new concrete.
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09-27-2025, 11:46 PM
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Re: 165-meter High Cooling Tower in Hartsville Demolished by Explosion
Thanks for that. I looked it up. Germany is actually using it to great benefit. I was not aware that concrete could actually be reused.  |
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10-16-2025, 10:47 PM
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Re: 165-meter High Cooling Tower in Hartsville Demolished by Explosion
They use the concrete pieces to place on areas near the roadways that are unstable on steep slopes. Called rip rap rock
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10-22-2025, 03:54 AM
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Re: 165-meter High Cooling Tower in Hartsville Demolished by Explosion
when in actual fact it's completely the opposite.
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