ATLANTA, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A stack removal project is set to begin
later this month at Plant Branch. Four of the five stacks currently located
at the plant will either be removed or lowered. The four stacks scheduled
for demolition have not been in service since the 1970s and require
periodic maintenance and inspections.
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Stacks 1 & 2 will be completely removed and stacks 3 & 4 will be
lowered from 500 feet to 150 feet. Structural steel and duct work are
supported from the base of stacks 3 & 4, and therefore they cannot be
completely removed. A metal roof will be placed over stacks 3 & 4.
Stack 5, the tallest stack at 1,000 feet and the only one currently
being used, will remain in service.
It will take Oak Park Chimney Corporation, the contractor hired to
perform the work, approximately 18 months to complete the project. The
demolition will begin in early August.
In an effort to protect the environment and plant equipment surrounding
the stacks, explosives will not be used during the demolition. Instead,
contractors will build scaffolding around the stacks and cut away sections
of the stack which will drop through the stack's center. The debris will be
hauled off from the bottom of the stack.
Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the
nation's largest generators of electricity. The company is an
investor-owned, tax-paying utility, serving customers in 57,000 of the
state's 59,000 square miles. Georgia Power's rates are well below the
national average, and its 2 million customers are in all but four of
Georgia's 159 counties.
SOURCE Georgia Power
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