http://kplu.org en http://kplu.org/post/bertha-worlds-largest-boring-machine-arrives-seattle <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Bertha, the world's largest tunnel boring machine, has finally arrived in Seattle's Elliott Bay.</span></p><p> Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:01:51 +0000 Martha Kang and Keith Seinfeld 8256 at http://kplu.org Bertha, world's largest boring machine, arrives in Seattle http://kplu.org/post/preparedness-and-special-equipment-make-seattle-tunnels-safe-say-fire-chiefs-satsop <p>This week, the Seattle Fire Department has been in training for what might be a nightmare scenario: the possibility of fire inside a deep-bore tunnel.&nbsp; A technical rescue team has been practicing at the unfinished nuclear power plant in Satsop, west of Olympia.</p><p>About a dozen firefighters are in a huddle at the base what was designed to be a cooling tower. It’s been re-purposed into one of the nation’s premiere training grounds for urban firefighters.</p> Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:44:37 +0000 Bellamy Pailthorp 6758 at http://kplu.org Preparedness and special equipment make Seattle tunnels safe, say fire chiefs in Satsop http://kplu.org/post/officials-break-ground-seattles-deep-bore-tunnel <p>The long goodbye to Seattle&rsquo;s Alaskan Way Viaduct has begun.</p><p>With some ceremonial scoops of dirt, officials today began digging a pit for the giant machine that will chew up the earth under Seattle like a massive termite creating the deep-bore tunnel.</p><p> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:21:15 +0000 Ashley Gross 5210 at http://kplu.org Officials break ground on Seattle's deep-bore tunnel