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Engineering consultant RVA Group has overseen phase one of a three-stage decommissioning and demolition project at the disused Lucy III coal power station in Montceau-les-Mines, France.
The works involved the explosive demolition of a 140m-tall concrete chimney stack and a 100m-high hyperbolic concrete cooling tower for energy company GazelÉnergie.
RVA and contractors had only 10 weeks to plan and carry out the operation.
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Two explosions within seconds of each other brought the structures down.
RVA said disruption to local residents and road systems were kept to a minimum.
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