19.12.2020
Reactor pit construction from the top of the cantilever-truss till the bottom of floor at elevation +26.300 meters at Rooppur NPP power unit No.1 in Bangladesh is completed.
“We left no stone unturned in order to complete the milestones of 2020. Construction personnel of TrestRosSEM LLC completed the reactor pit construction from the top of the cantilever-truss till the bottom of floor at elevation +26.300 meters at power unit No.1 ahead of schedule. The NPP construction proceeds at good bat.”, said Sergey Lastochkin, ASE EC JSC Vice President – Rooppur NPP Construction Project Director.
The reactor concrete pit is both a biological shielding and a load bearing structure inside the containment of the reactor compartment. The next step is to complete flooring at elevation +26.300 meters and, thus, to prepare the scope of work for Energospetsmontazh PJSC specialists on installation of heavy equipment, including installation of the reactor vessel into its design location.
Rooppur NPP with two VVER-1200 reactors and the total capacity of 2400 MW is being constructed based on the Russian design, 160 km from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, in accordance with the General Contract dated December 25, 2015. The General Contractor for Rooppur NPP construction is Atomstroyexport (the Engineering Division of Rosatom).
The Russian design with VVER-1200 reactors was selected for the first NPP in Bangladesh, which was successfully implemented at two power units of Novovoronezh NPP. This is an evolutionary GenIII+ design that fully complies with all international safety requirements.
Each stage of Rooppur NPP construction in Bangladesh is closely monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and by the National Regulatory Authority.
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Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division
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Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division unites the leading companies of the nuclear industry: ASE EC JSC (Nizhny Novgorod), JSC Atomstroyexport (Moscow), JSC Atomenergoproekt (Moscow) and JSC ATOMPROEKT (Saint-Petersburg) and others.
The Engineering Division is the leader in terms of project portfolio and the number of NPP projects that are constructed abroad simultaneously.
About 80% of the Division's income is accounted for by foreign projects.
The Engineering Division implements design and construction projects for high-power NPPs both in Russia and abroad, it renders a full range of EPC, EPC(M) services including project management and designing and develops Multi-D technologies for management of complex engineering facilities.
The Engineering Division is guided by the achievements of the nuclear power industry in Russia and innovative state-of-the-art technologies.
We construct reliable and safe NPPs with III+Gen VVER reactors that are in line with all international requirements and recommendations.
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