The second power unit of the "Akkuyu" NPP, which is being built by the state corporation "Rosatom", has been completed the installation of the roof of the turbine housing. build in Turkey. According to the press service of the state corporation, this operation took more than three months.
The completion of the roof works and the closing of the heat circuit allows us to start the installation of the turbogenerator unit. The engine room roof itself consists of nine consolidated truss blocks with a total weight of 1,142 tons, weighing from 95 to 175 tons and 61 m long, carried out simultaneously on two specially made glasses. The installation of the trusses in the turbine building required careful preparation, as well as a high level of organization and construction planning, as each truss is installed with an accuracy of 10 mm.
At the next stage, according to the first deputy general director of Akkuyu Nuclear JSC Sergey Butskih, the builders will start installing the main assemblies and components of the turbogenerator. All work at the station's construction site, Rosatom's statement emphasized, is closely monitored by independent inspection organizations and the national regulator - the Turkish Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NDK).
Akkuyu NPP - the first nuclear power plant to be built in the Republic of Turkey. The NPP project consists of four power units with Russian VVER generation III+ reactors. The capacity of each power unit will be 1200 MW. Construction of the "Akkuyu" NPP. - the first project in the global nuclear industry, realized according to the Build-Own-Operate model.