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Tackling Unplanned Delays with Innovative Solutions: Nuclear Reactor Head Replacement

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At a nuclear plant in California, Barnhart was brought in to support a reactor head replacement, a highly sensitive job requiring more than two years of planning.

Unexpected delays threatened to impact uptime, but through innovative rigging and careful sequencing, Barnhart delivered a solution that met strict seismic safety requirements while helping the plant recover valuable outage hours.

With custom-engineered rigging, seismic bracing, and precision placement inside containment, the team safely completed the lift, and even shaved 40 hours off the schedule.

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