1,000 Pounds of Explosives used to Drop NGS's Three Massive Boilers
Salt River Project, demolition contractor Independence Excavating and blasting subcontractor Demtech, LLC, of Saxonburg, Penn., yesterday demolished Navajo Generating Station's three 245-foot-tall boilers with slightly more than 1,000 pounds of explosives. Each of the massive 20,000-ton boilers and support structures rolled to the ground east of the power plant in just 10 seconds following detonation. The boiler demolition is part of SRP's continuing decommissioning of the ne