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Nuclear Power
Bigge Power Constructors, a subsidiary of Bigge Crane and Rigging Co., specializes in serving the heavy lift and transportation needs of the nuclear power industry. Since 1959, when Bigge provided services for one of the nation’s first nuclear power facilities at PG&E’s Humboldt Bay Power Plant in California, Bigge has pioneered, planned, and engineered solutions to meet the unique construction, maintenance, refurbishment or decommissioning needs at dozens of nuclear power plants throughout the United States.
More recently, Bigge has performed 85% of the reactor vessel head replacements for U.S. nuclear units, making Bigge the leader in the use of innovative rigging solutions for regular outage component replacements. Bigge is best able to accommodate the heavy lift requirements and transportation needs of the next generation of nuclear power plants.
Bigge meets the demands of rigorous nuclear outage planning with a safety record that leads the rigging industry. Bigge has a nuclear Quality Assurance program that is compliant with NQA1.
Bigge Power Constructors specializes in:
- New nuclear power plant construction
- Nuclear decommissioning projects
- Steam generator replacement
- Reactor vessel head replacement and removal, specializing in through-the-hatch technology
- Single failure proof hoist supply
- Dry fuel cask movement
- Specialized heavy transportation
- Electrical Generator & Turbine Replacement
