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Akkuyu nuclear power plant project, Türkiye – update

Image of fifth tier of the inner containment unit at Unit 3 of the Akkuyu NPP

Photo by Akkuyu Nuclear

23rd August 2024

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Name of the Project
Akkuyu nuclear power plant (NPP) project.

Location
Mersin, Türkiye.

Project Owner/s
Akkuyu Nuclear, comprising Inter RAO UES JSC, Rosenergoatom JSC, Atomtechenergo JSC, Atomenergoremont JSC and Rusatom Energy International JSC.

Project Description
The Akkuyu NPP will be based on an NPP-2006 serial project. The 4 800 MWe plant will comprise four VVER1200 reactors and is expected to meet about 10% of Türkiye’s electricity needs.

The power unit includes a reactor plant and a turbine plant.

The primary circuit is radioactive and comprises a reactor, four reactor coolant loops, four reactor coolant pumps, heating parts of four steam generators and one steam pressuriser.

The secondary circuit is not radioactive. It comprises steam generators; fresh steam conduits; one turbine unit comprising a turbine plant and a turbine generator; condensate pumps; a system of low-pressure regenerative heaters; a turbine condensate system; deaerators; a feedwater system, including feedwater pumps; and a system of high-pressure regenerative heaters.

The turbine is equipped with a condensing unit and regenerative installation for heating the feedwater and separators, with unregulated steam extraction for the NPP’s auxiliary needs and heating chemically treated water additives in the circuit.

Capital Expenditure
The project is estimated at $20-billion.

Planned Start/End Date
The aim is for the first unit of the plant to start supplying Türkiye's energy system in 2025, and for all four units to be operational by the end of 2028.

Latest Developments
The fifth tier of the inner containment (IC) was installed at Unit 3 of the Akkuyu NPP on August 14. The ring-shaped welded metal structure of 396 t and 6.5 m high, assembled at a special site next to the power unit under construction, was moved to its regular place by a crawler crane.

The IC fifth tier is a transitional component between the cylindrical and dome parts of the containment. It comprises 12 reinforced concrete blocks (sections), which were being assembled long before the installation operation. They were docked and welded together into a single ring structure of about 115 t. 

Thereafter, special consoles were welded to the reinforced concrete blocks, on which a rail track was installed for the operation of a circular overhead crane (polar crane). As a result, the weight of the structure increased to 396 t. A hook suspension of the crane mechanism for the reliable suspension of cargo on the hook weight added another 50 t. 

The total weight of the cargo moved by the crawler crane was almost 450 t.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
Rosatom (construction of VVER-1200 reactors under a build, own, operate model); Titan2 Ic İçtaş İnşaat Anonim Şirketİ (construction contractor); GE Steam Power and AEM Technology, a joint venture between AtomEnergoMash and General Electric, or GE (design and supply of the equipment and systems for the whole conventional island); JSC Tyazhmash (core melt trap); and Nukem Technologies and NIKIMT-Atomstroy JSC (supply of the equipment for compacting SRW).

Contact Details for Project Information
Akkuyu NPP JSC, tel +90 312 442 60 00, fax +90 312 442 60 16 or email info@akkuyu.com.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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