on the block No. 1 of the Akka NPP under construction in Turkey, a new key stage began – commissioning.
The company’s press service noted that the commissioning is the final stage of the construction of the NPP power unit. They include a set of operations for setting, control and testing to ensure reliable and safe operation of the station.
The General Director of the Rosatom State Corporation Alexei Likhachev, who visited the site of the building of the nuclear power plant on a working visit, got acquainted with the progress of the work.
The delegation of the heads of Rosatom examined the construction site, including the objects of the nuclear and turbine island of Blok No. 1, as well as the coastal hydraulic structures of the Akkui NPP.
Following the results, Alexei Likhachev held a working meeting with the general director of Akkui Nuclear JSC Anastasia Zoteeva and other project managers, discussing in detail the main aspects of the project.
The Director General of Rosatom commented on the course of work on the first power unit.
“On the” nuclear island “work goes according to plan. This year we will fully check all the systems – the first circuit, conduct hydraulic tests, carry out the loading of fuel imitators directly to the reactor. We do everything so that the first block of nuclear power plants next year” Akkuka “became part of the energy system of the Turkish Republic. All our forces and work of Turkish companies are aimed at this. There are many of them, and they demonstrate great professionalism and the same mobilization,” said Alexei Likhachev.
Akkui NPP is the first nuclear power plant under construction in the Turkish Republic. The Akkhoy NPP project consists of four power units with the reactors of Russian design of the Generation 3+. The power of each power unit will be 1200 MW. The construction of Akkui nuclear power plant is the first project in the global nuclear industry, implemented using the Build-COUN-OPREETE model (“Stroy-WINEY-ACCOUNTION”).