EXPLOSIVES DEMOLITION | Paducah Fire Water Tank
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- The Controlled Demolition (CDI) and American DND team was chosen by Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership, LLC to plan, oversee, and safely execute the preparation for and precise felling of the 300,000 gallon, 308’-6” tall High Pressure Water Tank (HPWT) at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) using a controlled explosives felling method. This method was chosen due to its high Factor of Safety (FoS), minimized manhours at risk as compared to piecemeal dismantling, and provided the highest degree of certainty in removing the HPFW tank safely. When cutting and pulling legs under a cable tripping method, the uneven stresses created on the back legs could have caused the tower to twist and fall in an unintended location, which was an unacceptable outcome at the highly controlled/congested operational DOE facility.
CDI first reinforced the tank support structure with cables and then performed pre-burning under supplied air conditions. CDI then placed linear shaped charges (LSCs) on three (3) of the six (6) support legs on the HPFW tank to create an eccentric load and hinges about which CDI rotated the tower in its designated direction of fall. Once the LSCs were detonated and the selected column sections removed, the water tank was inclined toward the predetermined fall area.
CDI successfully felled the HPFW tank, exactly per plan, on May 31, 2024. The tank impacted within 15’ of CDI’s designed centerline of fall to the southwest, without damage to the Quonset Hut to remain, or negative impact on the structures to remain to the northwest, the overhead powerlines 40’ to the east, and operational rail lines located 75’ to the south.
Recorded vibration and peak air overpressure were well within the stringent allowances given the operational DOE facilities adjacent to the tower demolition site.
Water towers have always been a fascinating thing to me. I remember as a kid always seeing water towers along the highway, and it was so interesting to see all the different colors and shapes they came in!
Me too, brother water towers are awesome so cool
Very satisfying. I was expecting this to be one of the boring ones where the structure stays the same shape after it hits the ground, so it was a pleasant surprise to see the legs buckle like that and the pipe fart out some rust
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Another professional shot.
This one reminds me of "War of the Worlds."
Definitely one of the best water tower demolitions. Most are pretty boring,but this was a nice tall one which made it all the better! Great job!
Thanks for watching!
Makes me think of HG Wells and the Martian war machines from war of the worlds
The blue tank is like “am I next”?!? 😂
"I'll take the hit, so you don't have tooooo... remember me well, my friend!"
It’s the replacement one for the old one .
@@jhonsiders6077 "Whoosh."
@@GarrettWorcester i have trucks that work with Caldwell tanks out of Louisville that other one is new just put up by them .
Ggh😊😢
Your videos always bring a smile to my face 😊. Thanks!
Perfection! Thanks for sharing, CDI!
Thanks for watching!
The sounds were great on my home theater! Loved it!
Dang! I want my house to be a strong as that water tank!
Ce qui est vraiment bien dans cette vidéo, c'est qu'il n'y a pas de musique. On entends bien les explosions et les craquements du métal. C'est fascinant 😮🙂
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
*I was curious so I looked it up; the water tower was on a Department of energy facility and was built in 1958.*
Somehow, someway, I would've liked to have rode that down on the back side of that tank.
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Bubble wrap would've worked.
Yep, bubble wrap!
(Don't try it at home kids. 😉)
Stayin tuned! 👍🤪
Saving countless lost souls from the evils of "Fire Water".
Too bad demolishing a full water tank is too dangerous. Imagine the tsunami though!
Sheer artistry!
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
The 2nd one 1️⃣ when it hit the ground it was loud it hurt 😔 my ears
CDI, -best in the business...
Amen.
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I'm impressed by how tall that tower is and how disproportionately small the tank is compared to the base.
A shame it had to go down.
CDI strikes again!!
Thanks for watching!
wow that was tricky with all them power lines about
With all those cables running through the structure, did this one 'sing' on it's way down like some of the chimneys do?
Interesting sounds from all the echoes, but otherwise a satisfyingly mundane operation.
very cool!
Thank you!
Cdi try released all your old videos demolishing old structures outside america like compilation
My grandson visits and asks to see bridges blowing up. I showed him a building that I helped build in early 1970’s that was imploded. He said if I built it wrong. 😅. Then back to bridges.
Where's that creaking metal sound you usually always hear??
The blue water tower i am next?
Shape charge's did what they are meant to do bring it down in the direction of Fall that CDI wants
Did they have a party and drink all the fire water before you dropped the tank?
Water tower?
Rip😢
1:26 water tower dies
0:50
0:50 was loud
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Rrrg😢
EXPLOSIVES DEMOLITION | Paducah Fire Water Tank
EXPLOSIVES DEMOLITION | Paducah Fire Water Tank