07.03.2018
KURSK NPP INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ADMINISTRATION
Kursk NPP-2: preparation for base plate reinforcement at the power supply building of the first power unit site is near completion
At the construction site of the first and second power units of Kursk NPP-2 replacement plant, the preparations for March key event – the beginning of the base plate reinforcement at the power supply building of normal operation* of the power unit No 1 – are being completed.
The work on forming an artificial foundation for the facility had been completed at the end of 2017. There had also been works done on blinding the concrete. And the protective screed is at final stage of installation.
After the inspection by the Rostekhnadzor Inspection Department, the contractor’s specialists from NIKIMT-Atomstroy JSC will start reinforcing the base plate of the power supply building for the power unit No 1 normal operation.
The progress of the replacement plant construction was analyzed at the regular field office meeting held on 6 March.
At present, Kursk NPP-2 continues to reinforce the base plate of the first unit reactor building. A total of 55 reinforced blocks were assembled and 26 of them were commissioned to the customer. Completion of the reinforcement in the first half of 2018 will allow fulfilling one of the key tasks of the year – concreting the base plate of the 1st unit reactor building.
In addition, the construction site of the replacement plant is being filled with a sand reserve. The reserve will allow to keep working on the sand and gravel bed at the facilities of the first and second units of Kursk NPP-2 in case of seasonal road closure for a period of about one month.
*The power supply building of normal operation contains electrotechnical systems, which help with the daily operation of the power unit equipment (in normal mode).
The Kursk NPP, as part of the "Rosenergoatom Concern", is included into the electricity division of the State Corporation "Rosatom". The station is located 40 km south-west of the city Kursk on the left bank of Seym. The NPP has four operating units with RBMK RBMK-1000 reactors with total capacity of 4 million KW of electricity. Power units were connected to the unified energy system of the country in 1976, 1979, 1983 and 1985. All existing power units had technical modernization in 1994-2009. The Kursk NPP is the largest power generating source in the Central Russian Chernozem.
VVER-TOI (a standard optimized, informatized power unit of VVER technology) meets modern Russian and international safety requirements, has a longer service life and greater installed capacity than the existing reactors.
The developer – technical coordinator of the facility – is Rosenergoatom Concern JSC. General designer and contractor is ASE EC JSC.
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