24.09.2020
On
the night of
September 21
to
22, the BBC Elbe left the port of
St. Peterbreug with shipload No
19.
The vessel took aboard about 4780 m3
of
cargo including spent fuel pool racks for Unit No
3, foundation frames with anchor bolts for turbine of
Unit No
4, auxiliary equipment for turbine for Unit No
3, air duct of
the reactor shaft equipment, fastening elements of
the reactor coolant pump, hydroaccumulator of
emergency core cooling system, shock absorber of
the container section for Unit No
4, penetrations and tanks for both Units.
The BBC Elbe is
heading for the port of
Hamburg to
take four transformers (two for each unit) for Kudankulam Units 3
and 4
manufactured under the contract for equipment supply from third countries, after which the vessel will set course for India.
“This is the second shipload in September. Together with our Indian colleagues, we are supplying equipment required at the NPP site, making up for lagging behind during the COVID-19 restrictions”, said Mikhail Novikov, deputy director for Kudankulam NPP equipment procurement.
Arrival of equipment in the Indian port is expected in the second half of October 2020.
For reference:
Power units No 3,4 and 5,6 are the second and the third stages of Kudankulam NPP constructed under AES-92 design with VVER-1000 (V-412) reactor type. The technical solutions implemented in Kudankulam design characterize further evolutionary development VVER-reactor NPPs of high power and transition to creation of a new, reliable, safe and feasible power unit. New power units of Kudankulam NPP comply with the most up-to-date safety requirements of the IAEA.
The developer — the technical customer of the facility — is Nuclear Power Corporation of India. The general designer and supplier of equipment is ASE EC JSC.
Currently, power units No. 1, 2 of Kudandulam NPP are operating at the capacity established by the operation schedule.
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 3+Gen VVER reactors that are in line with all international requirements and recommendations.
www.ase-ec.ru
