Three cooling towers to fall in major blast.
The demolition day for three of the six cooling towers at Didcot A power station is due to be announced next month.
Decommissioning at the coal-fired power station started in March last year after 43 years of producing electricity for the National Grid.
RWE npower has appointed a demolition contractor, Birmingham-based Coleman and Company, and hopes to announce next month, or in March, a date for demolition of three of the six 325ft towers.
The plan is to blow up the three towers nearest to Didcot, while the towers nearest to Sutton Courtenay will be demolished at the end of 2014 or in early 2015, or be taken down gradually.
RWE npower spokeswoman Kelly Brown said: “We are still not 100 per cent sure of the deconstruction method for the towers nearest Didcot but we are 95 per cent certain it will be demolition, and it’s likely to happen in June.
“The three towers will all be demolished at once at the touch of a button and will implode in a circular motion, folding in on themselves as opposed to exploding outwards.
“We are now in very early discussions with planners and local stakeholders, including the Highways Agency, emergency services, police and National Grid.
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