Look what rolled thru town

[tdgill]

on their way to Three Mile Island PA. Two of them on two separate movers like for the space shuttle... 510 tons a piece i think. moves at 3mph

big project getting these things up the road. power lines taken down, street lights down, bridges beefed up, drainage pipes under roads beefed up with concrete(?) more info here
http://www.areva-np.com/us/liblocal/docs/Brochure/equipment/TMI_Shipment_Public_Route.pdf

 

[kagedgoddess]

wow! my kids woulda loved seeing that!

 

[sfw2]

That's really something! Makes me feel a little better about getting stuck behind a school bus in the morning!

 

[tdgill]

lol!

but these only move 3 mph.
hahaha

 

[LegHorn-BusHorn]

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I am one of those drivers, so get over it! LOL

 

[debilorrah]

At first I thought it was a giant weenier mobile.

 

[Southernbelle]

My DH works for Areva

ETA: I called him over to see the pics and before he even saw the Areva logo he said, "Looks like a steam generator." Before reading the text said, "Is it on it's way to Three Mile Island?" Then he followed with a lot of technical words that flew over my head, but he's working on the project (or the desk side of it anyway.)

 

[tdgill]

cool! They're from France, because we can't make them here from what i understand....

 

[SarahFair]

Pretty cool!!

 

[Southernbelle]

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Areva is a French owned company. They periodically ask the engineers here if they'd be interested in going to France for a year to work.

One of my friends lived there for 2 years and just got back this summer. DH was asked, but neither of us are ready for a move like that!