15.01.2010
The civil work final stage on concreting the third dome of Unit 1 is completed at Kudankulam NPP. Installation of the heat mechanic equipment, pipelines and valves of the process systems of the start-up complex is coming to an end. There has come an active phase of electric installation works connected with installation of the equipment of automatic process control system, control cable laying and its connection to the equipment in the main buildings of the power unit. By the present time the equipment of the unit control room, complexes of process equipment control of normal operation of the reactor building and safety systems have been completely installed. The system of chemical water treatment, which to the full provides the needs of the plant connected with spillage and hydraulic tests of the process systems, has been commissioned within the design scope. The chemically desalinated water inventory has been stocked for performance of works on filling the nuclear fuel cooling pond. Preparation of the process scheme for filling the cooling pond with water is coming to an end and will be followed by checking the pond tightness and further expansion of works on spillage of the pipelines of the reactor plant and adjacent process systems over the open reactor. “The reached transition to the stage of hydraulic tests and circulation spillage is provided owing to high rate of the works as a result of the joint efforts of the Russian and Indian sides, - Mr. G.O. Kumani, Vice-president of ASE JSC, has noted. – Kudankulam NPP, for which construction the most advanced Russian technologies are used, is an example of the fruitful cooperation of India and Russia giving invaluable experience of cooperation to both sides”. InformationThe construction of Kudankulam NPP in India (state Tamil Nadu) is stipulated by the Agreement dated November 20, 1988, and also by the Supplement to this Agreement signed on June 21, 1998. The first phase of Kudankulam NPP includes two power units with water-cooled water-moderated reactors of the third generation of VVER type, each of 1000 MW capacity. The civil, installation and commissioning works at the plant site are performed by the Indian side. The scope of Atomstroyexport JSC obligations includes development of the working documentation, delivery of the equipment and materials, designer’s supervision of construction of the buildings and structures of the nuclear power plant, and also realization of the technical support at all stages of NPP construction up to its putting into operation. In December 2008 India and Russia signed the Intergovernmental Agreement on construction of 4 power units more at Kudankulam NPP site and cooperation at other sites. Currently in India 17 NPP units are in operation, 6 more are under construction.
