The melt localization device is installed to all modern nuclear power plants equipped with Generation III+ reactors. The core catcher features the maximum safety characteristics, namely improved seismic resistance, hydrodynamic and impact strength.
Akkuyu Nuclear CEO Anastasia Zoteeva spoke about the upcoming major construction stages: ”The most active works are being performed at Unit 1. Later this year we plan to complete the construction of external walls up to the elevation of +26.0. It will be the operating level of the central hall. This will allow us to install the reactor vessel next year and to commence welding the reactor coolant pipeline, which will take place in the very core of the nuclear power plant, in August."
"Atommash manufactured 4 steam generators for the Unit 1. Once they are delivered to the site, we will expect the delivery of the reactor vessel. This autumn we will install the core catcher at Unit 2. The construction of other auxiliary facilities - construction bases, fuel storages and tunnels, is being performed simultaneously with these works. The site has been fully developed and we have no undeveloped working areas at the moment", Zoteeva noted.
The construction works are currently being performed at three power units of Akkuyu NPP. All construction stages are thoroughly controlled by independent inspection organizations and the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, a national regulatory body, as well as by the experts of Assystem international engineering group.
