A giant crane has been constructed as part of work to pull down the Windscale Pile One chimney at Sellafield.
The 152m crane is the tallest structure ever built at Sellafield and is just six metres shorter than Blackpool Tower.
Work will begin this autumn to remove lower chunks of the chimney, cut out using diamond wire saws. Because buildings containing nuclear material surround the stack, traditional demolition techniques such as explosives cannot be used.
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