SUBJECT INDEX

site selection, 22 Ancillary buildings

construction, 276-285 planning, 30

Anti-seismic foundations. 198 Architecture, 293-294

power stations

site selection, 22 Artificial stone

wall panels. 253 Ash

buildings construction, 283

disposal, 153-157,22 i planning. 42

power stations, site selection, 17 removal points

layout. 95 sluicing

pipework, 99 Ash/slurry pumphouse

ventilation. 131 Asphalt

floor finish. 266 Automatic voltage regulators

turbine-generators layout. 109

Auxiliary boilers design. 157

Auxiliary power generation gas turbines, 55

Auxiliary transformers layout, 114

Average cold spell capacity requirements. 2

Avon

acro-cngines * design, 172

Backacters excavation. 226

Barges

coal handling, 148 Barlow land

Drax

ash disposal, 155 Barring gear

turbine hall, 108 Basements

ground floor level, 210

Batteries layout, 118 rooms

siting, 118

Beams loadings, 244

Bearing pressures foundations. 202

Bentonite trench wall cofferdams

construction, 222

Birds

power stations

site selection, 19 Bitumen

foundations

reactor pressure vessels, 199 Black start

gas turbines, 57 Bleeding

concrete

Blocks (see also Cellular blocks; Hollow blocks; Lightweight blocks; Solid blocks; Wood fibre blocks)

types. 261 Blockwork. 260-261

construction, 261 Blowdown valves

boilers layout, 95

Blowdown water recovery

pipework, 99 Boilerhouses

construction. 267-273 enclosed

heat losses, 93 enclosure, 88 foundations, 205 HVAC plant

layout, 129 planning, 30

Boiler plant layout, 81

Boiler systems layout. 93-97

Boilers (see also Oil-fired boilers) coal-fired

oil supply, 95 fittings

layout. 95 intakes, 273 make-up water

treatment, 132 weight, 268

Boreholes exploratory, 15 foundations

site selection, 27 geophysics

site evaluation, 181 site evalation, 181

Boundary fences t construction, 221

Braced frame construction. 246

Bricks (see also Common bricks; Engineering bricks; Extruded bricks; Facing bricks; Lightweight bricks; Sand-lime bricks)

pressed frogs, 260

types, 260 Brickwork, 260-261 bonding, 260

construction, 260 Bridges

strengthening

power stations, site selection, 15

Bucket wheels

coal stockpile working, 149 Budgets

approval, 301 control, 301

Building

power stations authority, 4

Building regulations, 296 Building works, 178-303 Buildings

planning, 30

Burner flame performance control rooms, 120

Burners boilers

. layout, 95 By-products disposal

power station, site selection, 5

Cable tools

Cables

control rooms access. 120 terminations, 120

layout, 106. 115 segregation, 115 tunnels

layout. 115 Caisson foundations, 197 Caissons

compressed air construction, 224

pneumatic construction, 224

California bearing ratio test site evaluation, 186

Capacity requirements

power stations, 1 Car parks

construction workers, 221 Carbon dioxide

fire control, 103 storage, 161

Carbon monoxide oxidation

nuclear advanced cooled reactors, 158 Catchpits

construction, 219 Cavity construction. 261 CEGB

power stations design, 60-70

Ceilings finishes, 266

Cellular blocks. 261

Cement (see also Portland cement; Sulphate resistant cement) types, 200

Central control rooms­ cabies, 120 design, 120 location. 106 position, 77

Central Electricity Generating Board - - see CEGB Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels, 248 Chargers

batteries, 118 layout, 118

Chemical admixtures concrete foundations, 201

Chemical injection equipment boilers

layout, 95 Chemicals

storage, 133 Chimneys

aircraft warning lights, 289 brick linings, 285 construction, 267,285-292 foundations, 211

heights pollution, 20

lightning protection, 290 piulti-flue

windshields, 289 planning, 30

single flue construction, 285 shafts, 289

Chlorination design. 146

Chlorine

solution dosing pipework, 99

Civil engineering, 178-303 contracts, 297-301

extent of work, 298 Cladding

construction, 272 wind loads, 243

Clay soils groundwater

site evaluation, 181 Climate -

groundwater

site evaluation, 185 Clinker

disposal, 153 Coal

buildings construction, 283

conveyancers, 152 gasification, 70 handling plant

design, 147-153 power stations

site selection, 5 storage

construction, 220 design, 149

trains

unloading. 220 unloading. 39

water-borne, 148 water-borne handling

design, 148 Coal bunkers

positioning. 81 ventilation

layout, 129 Coal feeders

positioning, 81 Coal mining

foundations

site selection, 27 Coal plant

planning, 39 Goal pulverising mills

layout, 93 Coal-fired stations construction

land requirements, 8 design. 60

future developments, 70 reference design, 30

Coastal waters thermal images

power stations, site selection. 12 Coefficient of permeability *

groundwater

site evaluation, 185 Cofferdams

construction, 222 Cold pull-up

pipework prestressing, 97

Column foundations isolated, 194

Columns loadings, 244

Combined heat and power schemes future developments, 71

Common bricks, 260 Communication

local people

power stations, site selection, 25 Composition floors

floor, finish, 266 Compressed air

caissons

construction, 224 pipework, 99

Subject Index

Compressor houses ventilation, 129

Concrete (see also Trowelled concrete) bricks, 260

designed mix foundations, 201

foundations, 199 hardening, 252 mixing, 231 pipelines, 231 placing, 231 precast, 253 prescribed mix

foundations, 201 prestressed, 253-259 containments, 256

pressure vessels, 256 production, 231 proportions

foundations, 201 reinforced, 248-253

design. 248 non-seismic-resistant design, 249 seismic-resistant design, 250 serviceability limit state, 249 ultimate limit state, 249

workability foundations, 201

Condensation turbine halls

ventilation, 273 Condensers

air extraction turbine hall, 108

design

turbine halls, 273 layout, 88

Conductors

connection to generators, 111 Consolidation

settlement foundations, 202

Construction

diaphragm walling techniques, 228 labour

availability, 55 methods, 221-231 power stations

contractors' areas, 44 underground, 222

Construction offices, 221 Construction traffic

roads, 216 Containments

prestressed concrete, 256 Contraction joints

reinforced concrete, 252 Contractors' storage areas

reclamation, 294

Contracts (see also Cost reimbursement contracts; Lump sum contracts; Remeasurcment contracts; Target/cost contracts; Turnkey contracts)

administration, 299

civil engineering, 297-301 extent, 299

placing. 299 strategy, 298 types, 298

Control and instrumentation air supplies, 132 sensors

layout, 95 transmitters

layout, 9.5 Control desks

design, 120

oai nanoung, ioz esign, 120, 121 quipment

layout. 106 'eyancers

oal handling. 152 ing

rdirect systems, 232 circulation, 232 ing compressors jrced-air

turbine hall, 108 ing systems

irect

planning, 35.37 ing towers menity

site selection, 22 losed systems

planning, 35

losed water systems, 39 onstruction, 267,285-292 istribution culvert

foundations, 215 aundations, 211

acking support structure foundations, 211

ond floor foundations, 211

recast concrete, 253 umphouses

design, 139 hell

foundations, 211 hell support columns foundations, 211

rater supply, 10 ing waler uxiliary

turbine halls. 108 lischarge

controls, 20 pipework, 144

ntake/outfall separation, 11 lipework

layout, 88 ilanning, 35 lumphouses

construction, 283 design, 136 layout, 139 location, 39 planning, 37 ventilation, 129

rumps design, 140

running costs, 29 requirements

power stations, 9 submersible structures, 237 temperature

pollution controls, 20 treatment, 132

tunnels construction, 235

ling water plant design, 133-146 bels

chimneys, 285 rosion

steel reinforcement, 248 walling systems, 263

t reimbursable contracts, 298 ts

additional

budget control, 301

,H>wer stations, site selection, tv Countryside Commission

site selection

power stations, 8

Cowes design, 68

gas turbine power station layout. 174

Cranes (see also Floating cranes) layout. 101

loadings, 243 steylwork

erection. 270 turbine-generators assembly, 93 Cross-tunnel jacking tests site evaluation, 183

Crustal dynamics

site evaluation, 193 Culverts

concrete reinforced, 233

cooling water tunnels, 235

design, 233

glass reinforced plastics, 233 metal, 233

routing. 39 Curing

reinforced concrete, 252

Damp-proof courses construction, 261

Decommissioning power stations, 73

Decompression tunneling, 235

Deep-well system groundwater

lowering. 226 Delft sampler

boreholes

site evaluation. 183 Demolition

power stations. 73 Density

in-situ tests

site evaluation, 186 Depth to rock

site evaluation, 181 Design

budget control, 301 concepts, 71-76 development

/budget control, 301 power stations, 59-177

future developments, 70-71 Design loadings. 244 Desulphurisation

fluegas

acid rain, 20 design, 70 layout, 95

material supply, 44 planning, 30

power stations, site selection, 17 waste water treatment, 132

Diaphragm walls cofferdams

construction, 222 construction, 228

Dilatometers

site evaluation, 188 Dinorwig

environment, 27 multiple caverns, 163

pumped storage schemes. 51.53 Direct cooled circulating water systems

civil engineering, 232-238 Displacement piles

foundations. 196 Distillate fuel oil

gas turbines. 68, 173 Domes

wind loads, 243 Double glazing

turbine halls ventilation, 273

Draft lube valves

pumped storage power stations, 168 Draglines

excavation, 226 Drain valves

boilers layout, 95

Drainage construction, 217 gradients, 217 installation, 221

Draught systems layout, 93

Drax

Barlow land

ash disposal, 155 construction, 29 cooling lowers. 22, 39 design. (> I

Dredgers cooling water

submersible structures. 237 Drinking water

pipework. 99 Drum level alarms

boilers layout, 95

Drum level gauges boilers

layout, 95

Dust buildings

construction, 283

disposal, 153-157 planning, 42

power stations, site selection, 17

Earthquakes loadings

nuclear power stations. 244 nuclear power stations, 192

site selection, 17 reinforced concrete

design, 248 site evaluation, 193

Ecology landscaping, 293 |x>wcr stations

site .selection. 19 Effluents

boiler washing

acidic, drainage, 217 disposal

power station, site selection, 5 radioactive

collection, 219 Electrical distribution cubicles

turbine hall, 109 Electrical equipment

ventilation, 129 Electrical plant

layout, 104-127 Electrochlorination

housing design, 146

Electrostatic precipitators dust extraction, 95 planning. 30

EM610

gas turbines design, 172

Employment power stations

site selection, 22 Engineering bricks, 260 English bond

brickwork, 260 Environment

amenity construction, 44

landscaping, 293 power stations

assessment. 26 site selection, 19

pumped storage schemes, 55 Epoxy resins

floor finish. 266 Erection

turbine-generators, 92 Estuaries

thermal images

power stations, site selection, 12 Excavation

machinery. 226 Excavators, 228 Excitation equipment

turbine-generators layout, 109

Exhaust spray turbine hall, 109

Expansion joints reinforced concrete, 252

Extruded bricks, 260

Face shovels excavation, 227

Facing bricks, 260 Factories Act. 294 Factual reports

site evaluation. 191 Far field plume

cooling water outfall. 12

Farming

power stations

site selection, 19 Faulting

geophysics

site evaluation. 181

Faults foundations

site selection, 27 nuclear power stations, 192

pumped storage power stations. 163 site cvalation

trenches, 181

Fawley construction, 269

Feedheating turbine hall, 109

Feedheating plant layout, 88

Feedwater boilers

layout, 95 reserve

landscaping, 294 Ferrybridge C

construction, 269 Ffestiniog

design, 66 Field vane test

site evaluation, 186 Fire barriers

nuclear power stations, 103 Fire control

ventilation, 129 Fire detection

station design, 103 Fire fighting

pumphouses ventilation, 131

water

power stations, site selection. 17 Fire hazards

pumped storage power stai ions, 163 Fire hydrants

pipework, 99 Fire prevention

station design, 101 Fire protection

generator transformers, 111 pumphouses

gas turbines, 174 station design, 101—104 tanks

gas turbines, 174 water storage tanks

gas turbine power stations, 173 Fire risk

electrical plant, 106 Fires

cables, 115 consequences

limiting, 103 means of escajte, 294 oil tank compounds

construction, 221 severity

reduction, 103 ventilation, 273

Flat bottom running rail coal handling, 220

Flemish bond brickwork, 260

Flexibility pipework

main steam, 97 Floating cranes

cooling water

submersible structures, 237 Flooding

power stations levels, 29

pumped storage power stations, 163 Floods

embankments construction, 216

loadings

nuclear power stations, 244 nuclear power stations

site selection, 17

Floors (see also Composition floors) control rooms, 283

finish, 265

tuibine halls, 273 types, 265

gas tuibine houses, 283 precast concrete, 253

Flow

cooling water measurement, 145

Flue gas chimneys

peneiraiion, 289 desulphurisation

acid rain, 20 design, 70 layout, 95

material supply, 44 planning, 30

power stations, site selection, 17 waste water treatment, 132

Foam systems

fire control, 103 Formwork

construction, 229 reinforced concrete, 248

Fossil-fired stations design, 60

future developments, 70 Foul water

drainage, 217 * Foul water systems

How, 219

Foundations (see also Caisson foundations; Column foundations; Pad foundations; Piled foundations; Raft foundations; Strip foundations), 179 242

boilerhouses, 205 chimneys, 211 construction, 199 204, 221 cooling towcis. 211 design, 199 204

main structures, 205-216 nuclear reactors, 215 piled

site selection, 27

raft

site selection, 27 secondary structures, 205-216

.settlement, 202 site .selection, 27 track hoppers, 211

turbine-generator blocks, 205 turbine halls, 205

types, 194 Fuel

gas turbines handling, 173 storage, 173

storage planning, 39

supply, 39 Fuel oil

pumphouses

gas turbines. 174 supply

planning, 42 tanks

construction, 221 gas turbines, 174

Furnace bottom ash disposal, 153'

planning, 42

Gale Common

ash disposal, 156 Gas cloud explosions

loadings

nuclear power stations, 244 Gas ducting dampers

layout, 95 Gas turbine plant

design, 171-177 Gas turbine stations

design, 68 Gas turbines

aero-engines

design, 171 combined cycle, 71

power stations, 74 heavy duty

power stations. 68 houses

construction, 283 industrial

design, 172 site layout, 174

layout. 173 power stations

layout, 173 planning, 55-57 site services, 173

role, 55

Oases (see also Carbon dioxide; Hydrogen; Liquid petroleum gas; Methane; Natural gas; Nitrogen; Oxygen; Propane)

generation, 157-163 storage, 157-163

Gates

cooling water design, 145

pumped storage power stations. 169

General site works, 216-221

Generator stators

delivery

power stations, site selection, I 5 Generator transformers

layout. 111 Generator-motors

pumped storage power stations, IM (icoiletie levelling surveys

site evaluation, 193

Geological faults — see Faults Geology

power stations planning, 14

site evaluation, 193 Geophysics

site evaluation, 180 Geotechnical investigations

in-situ

site evaluation, 183 Geotechnology

civil engineering, 180-192 desk studies

civil engineering, 180 walk over surveys, 180

Geothennal energy power stations

future developments. 71 Gland scaling steam

turbine halls, 109 Grabs

excavation, 227 Granolithic finish

floors, 265 Ground

classification

site evaluation, 186 description

site evaluation. 186 Ground conditions

pumped storage schemes, 53 Ground motion

site evaluation. 193 Ground rupture

site evaluation, 194 Groundwater

geophysical investigations site evaluation, 181

lowering. 225 sitccvaluation, 184

underground construction, 222 Gypsum

Subject Index

Halon

fire control, 103 fire protection

control rooms, 126 Hams Hall

redevelopment, 73 Harbours

construction, 224,238-242 types, 240

Hazardous materials storage

nuclear power stations, site selection, 19 transport

nuclear power stations, site selection, 19 Headworks

fisheries, 21 Health

regulations, 296

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, 296 Heat losses

recovery

enclosed boiler houses. 93 Heating

control rooms, 120 design, 123

design, 128-131 layout, 129

Heysham 2 design. 65

foundations, 199 reinforced concrete

seismic-resistant design, 250 Hollow blocks. 261

Hollow steel piles foundations, 197

Hopper wagons

coal handling, 147 Housing

labour

power stations, site selection, 24 Hovercraft

deliveries

power stations, site selection, 15 Humidity

electrical equipment, 129 turbine halls

ventilation, 273 Hydraulic control fluid PVC insulation, H'7

turbine hall, 108 Hydraulic machines

design

pumped storage power stations, 164 Hydraulic systems

requirements, 53 Hydroelectric power stations

control rooms, 120 design, 66

Hydrogen cooling

turbine hall, 108 electrolytic generation. 158 production, 158

Hydrographical information power stations

site selection, 12

Igneous intrusions geophysics

site evaluation, 181 Imposed loads, 242

distributed, 242 Induced draught fans planning, 30

Industrial hazards

injection grouting cofferdams

construction, 224 Instrumentation

cubicles

turbine hall, 109 Insulation

roofing, 263 walling systems, 262

Insulation boards walling, 266

Invitation to lender, 299 Isotope injection

cooling water

flow measurement. 146

Jacking synchronous, 101

Jacking oil

turbine halls, 108 Jet engines

auxiliary power generation. 57 Jetties

construction, 238-242 types, 240

Joints (see also Contraction joints; Expansion joints; Movement joints)

pipework

low pressure, 100

Kiclder

design, 66

Kingsnorth

design, 63

Laboratories construction, 284

Laboratory tests

site evaluation, 191 Labour

construction availability, 55

power stations site selection, 5

Land

power stations requirements. 8

Land reclamation Peterborough

ash disposal. 156 Land use

previous

power stations, site selection. 15 Landscaping, 293-294

Lavatories

construction workers construction, 221

Laydown areas turbine-generators

assembly, 93

Layout

power stations, 59-177 Leicester

design, 69 Lifting equipment

safety

regulations, 296 Lighting

control rooms, 123 landscaping, 294

Lightning

* chimneys protection, 290

cooling towers protection, 290

Lightweight blocks, 260

delivery. 44 Linoleum

floor finish, 265 Lintels

concrete construction, 261

Liquid petroleum gas transport

nuclear power stations, site selection, 19

Littlebrook D design. 62

gu$ turbine power station layout, 177

Loadings (see also Imposed loads), 242-245 extreme

nuclear power stations, 244 Lump sum contracts, 297

Magnesium oxychloride floor finish. 266

Magnetic effects phase isolation

layout, 110

Magnox nuclear power stations reinforced concrete

seismic-resistant design, 250 Magnox reactions

design, 63 Main gas flue

planning, 30 Main inlet valves

pumped storage power stations, 168 Main steam stop valves

boilers, 95

Main switching stations construction, 285

Maintenance

cooling water systems, 237 turbine-generators. 92

Manholes

drainage pipes, 217 Mathematical modelling

cooling water outfall, 14

Mechanical annexes layout, 88

Merry-go-round systems coal handling, 147

Metal surfaces maintenance

cooling water systems, 237 Methane

production, 162 Methanol

hydrpgen generation, 161 Midfield plume

cooling water outfall, 11

Mill scale steelwork

paint, 248 Mirror imaging

power station layout, 83

Modelling (see also Mathematical modelling) cooling water

pumphouse. 139 Modified Mercalli Scale site evaluation, 193

Moment connections steel frames. 247

Monoliths

underground construction, 224 Mortar. 260

constituents; 260 Movement joints

reinforced concrete. 252

Multi-beam time-of-flight ultrasonic method cooling waler

flow measurement. 146

Natural gas

gas turbines. 68 power stations

site selection, 5 Nature Conservancy Council

site selection

power stations, 8 Net avoidable cost

planning

power stations. 2 Net effective cost

planning

power stations, 2 Nitrogen

storage. 162 supply

pipework. 99 Nitrogen oxide

burners

pollution control, 20

Noise

power stations controls. 20

sue selection. 22 unit tiansfonners, 1 14

Nuclear Installations Act 1965, 296

Nuclear power stations

batteries, 1 18 breathing air, 132 cables. H5

construction

land requirements, 8 control rooms, 120 cranage, 243

design, 63

future developments, 71 earthquakes, 192

extreme loadings, 244 fires

containment, 103 irradiated fuel

deliveries, 15 licensing. 296 reference design, 30 ventilation

design, 128 Nuclear reactors

foundations, 215 Nuclear safety

power stations

site selection, 17

Offices construction, 284

Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 297 Oil

auxiliary

turbine hall, 108 leakage

drainage, 217 power stations

site selection, 5 pumphouses

ventilation, 131 tanks

construction, 220 Oil firing systems

layout, 94 Oil refineries

fuel oil supply, 4'2

Oil-filled transformers

Subject Index

layout, 81 Oldbury

design, 64

magnox power station reactor building, 280

Olympus aero-engines

design, 172 Operating floor

turbine-generators, 86 Oxygen

production, 158,162 Oysters

cooling water, 20

Pad foundations, 194 Paint

steelwork, 248 Painting

external, 266 internal, 266

Peak load power generation gas turbines, 57

Peak lopping

gas turbines, 57 Penetration vane tests

site evaluation, 187 Perlite

insulation roofing, 263

Permeability

site evaluation. 186 Personnel

assembly points, 76 movement

power stations. 76 Peterborough

land reclamation ash disposal, 156

Phase isolated busbars layout, 110

Photographs

site evaluation, 186 Pile drivers

foundations, 197 Pile driving

cofferdams construction, 222

File hammers foundations, 197

Piled foundations, 196

Piles (see also Displacement piles; Hollow steel piles; Raking piles) bored

cohesive soils, carrying capacity, 303 carrying capacity, 303

driven

cohesive soils, carrying capacity, 303 non-cohesive soils, carrying capacity, 303

in-situ

foundations, 196 precast

foundations, 196 preformed

foundations, 196 replacement

foundations, 197

Pilings prestressed, 256 test

foundations, 203 Pillar of support

foundations

site selection, 27

Pipes

nulling, .19 Pipework

Iayoul,99-I00 main steam

layout, 97-99

pumped storage power stations, 170 Piston sarnplers

boreholes

site evaluation. 182 Planning

power stations. 1 Planning margins

capacity requirements, 2 Plant water

drainage,217 Plastering

walls, 266 Plastic tiles

floor finish, 266 Plate bearing test

site evaluation, 186 Pollution

controls, 20 Polyvinyl chloride

floor finish, 265 insulation

hydraulic control fluid, 107 Population

distribution

nuclear power stations, site selection, 19 Portal frame construction. 246

Portland cement foundations, 200

Post-tensioning

. concrete, 256

Power stations (see also Coal-fired stations; Fossil-fired stations; Nuclear power stations; Geothermal energy; Hydroelectric power stations; Magnox nuclear power stations; Pumped storage power stations)

CEGB

design, 60-70 design, 59-177 layout, 59-177

conventions. 82 design, 78-88

turbine-gcnerator/boiler, 79 levels

planning, 15,29 plant operation, 76-78 plant orientation, 79

Power transmission from station to grid

planning, 14

Precipitators (see also Electrostatic precipitators) construction. 285-292

Pressure vessels concrete

advantages, 274 preslressed concrete, 256

Pressuremeters

site evaluation, 188 Pressurised water reactors

design

future developments, 71 reinforced concrete

seismic-resistant design, 250 Prestressed concrete containments. 256 Prestressed concrete pressure vessels, 256 Prestressing

concrete, 253-259 Pre-tensioning

concrete, 256 Propane

storage, 162 Protected land

England and Wales site selection, 7 Public announcements

MIL htlLVlIUH, Z.J Pulverised fuel ash

concrete foundations, 201 disposal, 153

Pulverised fuel mills positioning, 81 Pulverised fuel system

layout, 93

Pump discharge valves uxding waler

design, 144 Pumped storage

ptfwer stations. 51-55 design, 66. 163-171 multiple caverns, 163

site capacity, 53 Pumphouses

circular

cooling water, 283 circulating water systems, 235 cooling water

tunnels. 235

underground construction. 224 Pumping plant

fuel oil

gas turbines. 173

Pumps (sec also Suction pumps) compacting, 231

concrete, 231 cooling water plant

design, 133

foul waler systems, 219 transport, 231

Quarry tiles

floor finish, 265 Quays

construction, 240 walls

construction. 224

Radioactive discharges nuclear power stations, 20

Radioactive particles containment

nuclear power stations, ventilation, 128

Radley

ash disposal, 157 Raft foundations, 195

cellular, 195 Railways

coal handling design, 147

construction, 220 power stations

planning, 15 tracks

drainage, 220 Rainwater

roofing disposal, 264

Raking piles foundations, 197

Range stations layout, 83 Raw materials

power stations site selection, 5

Reactor pressure vessels foundations, 199 Reactor seawater pumps

design, 145 Reactors

buildings construction, 275

construction, 273-276 Reconstructed stone

wall panels. 253 Recreation

power stations

site selection. 25 Regulations, 294-297 Reheaters

boilers layout, 95

Reinforcement concrete, 248 construction, 229

Rcmcasuremcnt contracts, 297 Rendering

walls. 266 Reservoirs Act

ash disposal. 221 Residual f uel oil

gas turbines, 173 River Mersey

tidal power

future developments. 71 River Severn

tidal power

future developments. 71

Rivers water

abstraction. 10 pipework, layout, 99

water levels

site selection, 180 water supply

cooling lowers. 10

Roads

coal handling, 148 construction, 216 flexible

construction, 217 landscaping, 294 on-site

power stations, 35 power stations

planning. 15 rigid

construction, 217 width

construction traffic. 216 Rock faults — see Faults Rolls Royce

aero engines design, 172

Roll-on and roll-off vessels deliveries

power stations, site selection. 15 Roofing, 263-265

beams

boiler houses, 270 durability, 264

wind loads, 243 Roofs

flat

loads, 244 Rotary drilling

boreholes

site evaluation, 182 Rubber

floor finish, 265

Safety cables

segregation, 118 Safety valves

boilers layout, 95

Salmon

cooling water, 20

Subject Index

Sand-lime bricks, 260 Satellite imagery

site evaluation, 180 Scrapers

excavation. 228 Screen chamber intake

circulating water systems, 235 Screening

cooling water pumphouses, 141

Screens

cooling water plant mesh sizes, 134

Sea access

power stations planning, 15

Seal oil

turbine hall, 108 Seal pit

planning. 39 Seasons

groundwater

site evaluation, 185 Sea-going colliers

coal handling, 148 Section valves

cooling water design. 144

Segregation concrete

foundations. 201 Seismic hazards

assessment

site evaluation, 192-194 Seismic reflection

subsoil studies

power stations, site selection. 15 Seismicity

nuclear power stations site selection, 17

Self boring pressuremeter tests site evaluation. 187

Settlement condition change

foundations, 203 consolidation

foundations, 202 foundations, 202 plastic

foundations, 203 Sewage treatment plant

construction, 217 Shear

site evaluation, 186 Sheet floorings

floor finish, 265 Sheeting

walling systems, 262 Shell and auger methods

boreholes

site evaluation, 182 Silencers

boilers layout, 95

Site capacity

pumped storage schemes, 53 Site clearance, 221

Site instructions budget control, 301

Site investigations interpretation, 192 power stations. 5

Site layouts

power stations, 1-58

thermal power stations, 27 51

site evaluation, 185 Top soil

landscaping. 293

stock-piling, 221 Topology

pumped storage schemes, 51 Tomcss

foundations, 199 reinforced concrete

seismic-resistant design. 250 Tourism

power stations

site selection, 25 'Town waler

pipework layout, (>9

storage tanks, 100 Track hoppers

foundations, 211 Tractor loaders

excavation. 228 Tractor shovels

excavation. 228

Traffic (see also Construction traffic) power stations

site selection, 22

Transformers (see also Auxiliary transformers; Generator transformers; Oil-filled transformers; Station transformers; Unit transformers; Voltage transformers)

3.UV/415 V layout. 107

delivery

power stations, site selection, 15 layout, 106. Ill

oil-filled location. 106

Transmission requirements

planning, 44

Travel labour

power stations, site selection. 24 Trawsfynydd

nature trail, 21 Trees

landscaping, 294 maintenance. 294

'Trenches

site evaluation faults, 181 Trial excavations

sitccvaluation, 181 Trowelled concrete

floor finish. 265 Tugs

cooling water

submersible structures, 237 Tunnels

cooling water, 15 Dinorwig, 54 rock

construction, 235 soft ground

construction, 237 Turbine halls

construction, 267-273 dimensions, 80 foundations, 205 HVAC plant

layout, 129 planning, 30

Turbines

forced-air cooling, 132 Turbine-generator blocks

Subject Index

assembly, 93 auxiliaries

layout, 107 erection, 92 island concept, 86 longitudinal

layout. 99

longitudinal arrangement. 79. 80 maintenance. 92

systems layout. 88

transverse arrangement. 79.80 layout. 99

Turning moments pipework

main steam, 99 Turnkey contracts. 297

Unit transformers layout. 114

Uranium

power stations site selection. 5

Valves (see also Blowdown valves; Draft tube valves; Drain valves; Main inlet valves; Main steam stop valves; Pump discharge valves; Safety valves; Section valves; Voluvalves)

low pressure layout, 99-100

Ventilation

control rooms. 120 design, 123 design, 128-131

gas turbine houses, 283 layout, 129

offices, 285 stores, 284 turbine halls

construction, 273 workshops, 284

Vermiculite sprays walling finishes. 266

Vibrators concrete

compacting, 231 Visual display units

control rooms, 123 Voltage transformers

layout, 111 Voluvalves

auxiliary boilers, 157

Wall panels

precast concrete, 253 Walling systems

durability. 263 fixings, 262 lightweight

construction, 262-263

Walls

control rooms, 283 finishes. 266

turbine halls, 273 tiling, 266

Water (see also Drinking water. Feedwater, Foul water, Groundwater, Plant water, Rainwater, Stator winding water; Tidal water; Town water)

concrete foundations standards, 201

consumption

power stations, construction, 17 demineralised

pipework, 99 distilled

opi ay >y SICIDS fire control, 103

storage tanks layout, 100

Watercooling generator-motors

pumped storage power stations. 167 Water level

variations calculations. 134

Water quality

cooling water plant. 134 site evaluation, 186

Water table settlement

foundations, 203

underground construction, 222 Water temperature

survey

power stations, site selection, 12 Water treatment plant

design, 132-133 ventilation, 131

Water vapour plume

cooling towers,I Weather

nuclear power stations site selection, 1",

Weathering tests walling systems. 26'

Weatherproofing roofing, 263

Welding

steel frames. 247 Welfare amenities, 285 Welfare blocks

Wharves

construction. 240 Wildlife

landscaping, 293 Wind

loads. 243, 269

nuclear power stations. 244 Wind power

power stations

future developments, 71 Wind tunnel tests

wind loads, 243 Wind turbines

Carmarthen Bay, 75 Windows

lightweight walling systems, 262 Windshields,

chimneys pressure, 289

floors, 289 - multi-flue chimneys

construction, 285 Winter peak demand

capacity requirements. 2 Wix>d

floor finish, 265 Wood fibre blocks floor finish. 265

Woodlands

landscaping, 293. 294 preservation

power stations, site selection, 22

Work in Compressed Air Regulations, 235 Workshops

construction, 2X4 planning. 35