Stroytransgaz Begins Construction of Energy Blocks at Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant-2
Monday, February 09, 2009
Stroytransgaz has begun construction and assembly work at the start-up complex of energy blocks №1 and №2 at Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant-2. The facilities will generate combined electric power output of 2300 MW. Customer for the project is Energoatom Concern.
The construction site for the new energy blocks is situated in immediate proximity to the operating Novovoronezh NPP-1 in Voronezh Oblast’s Kashir region.
In accordance with the contract with general contractor Atomenergoproekt, Stroytransgaz will undertake a complex of work to build storage facilities for nuclear fuel for the new blocks.
In a consortium with Energospetsmontazh, Stroytransgaz will carry out general construction and heat-assembly work at the reactor’s main building for energy block №1 of the Novovoronezh NPP-2. Stroytransgaz will perform reinforcement, concreting, special, and finishing work and assemble conduits, steel framework, and basic and auxiliary technological equipment. It will also equip the new energy blocks at the Novovoronezh NPP-2 with advanced VVER-1000 reactor units for NPP-2006 projects. These units ensure a higher level of safety and economic performance than those in currently active energy blocks with comparable electric output.
Rosatom, the state nuclear power agency, is realizing the Voronezh project as part of its long-term (2009–2015) program.
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Stroytransgaz entered the promising power construction market in 2006, as part of a strategy to diversify its production activities. That year it won a tender to become the general contractor for construction of the South-West TEC in St. Petersburg. Today the company is participating in the construction of eight facilities for heat and nuclear power generation. The combined energy power of these units—which include objects for the start-up complexes of energy block №4 at the Kalinin nuclear power plant, energy blocks №1 and №2 at Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant-2, and TEC-22 in St. Petersburg—exceeds 7300 MW.
