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Three Gorges Dam takes the strain
By Guo Nei (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-06-06 08:53
The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest dam, takes the strain for the
first time today when the temporary dam that has protected it throughout
construction is demolished.
A network of electronic triggers was completed on Sunday for today's
demolition of the last cofferdam holding back the Yangtze upstream from
the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, Central China's Hubei Province.
The electronic trigger network is attached to 2,540 detonators, which
will set off nearly 1,000 consecutive explosions using a total of 192
tons of dynamite to blow up the cofferdam.
Zhang Chaoran, chief engineer of the China Yangtze Three Gorges Project
Development Co, said the demolition was a challenging job, but he was
confident it would be a success.
Song Ling, general manager of Chongqing Gezhouba Yipuli Chemical Company,
who will oversee the demolition, told the Xinhua News Agency that all
preparatory work was now completed.
Zhao Gen, a senior engineer with the Yangtze River Academic Institute and
designer of the demolition project, said the demolition of the vast
temporary dam would only take about 12 seconds.
The removal of the cofferdam means the Three Gorges Dam, completed on May
20 this year, will begin its flood control role two years ahead of
schedule and in time for the 2006 flood season, which usually begins in
June.
The cofferdam, which has held the reservoir since 2003, is 580 metres
long, 140 metres high and 8 metres wide at the top.
Debris from the explosion has been estimated at 180,000 cubic metres.
The Three Gorges Dam has been engineered to prevent and control floods
and "even in the rare occurrence of a 1,000 year flood, mass damages or
injuries can still be prevented," according to Zhang.
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