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About 70% of Equipment, Systems at Akkuyu NPP Completed Commissioning Work, Director Says
About 70% of Equipment, Systems at Akkuyu NPP Completed Commissioning Work, Director Says
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About 70% of the equipment installed at Turkey's first nuclear power plant (NPP), Akkuyu, which is currently under construction, has already undergone commissioning work, Denis Sezemin, director of construction and production organization at Akkuyu Nuclear, told Sputnik on Wednesday. Putting the energy block into operation is broken down into four stages, with the first of them being the commissioning work, which comes alongside individual tests, the official said, adding that the work in question is currently being conducted at the first energy unit. The level of localization at the Akkuyu NPP construction is estimated at around $7 billion worth of contracts already signed or about to be signed, the official said. In the course of localization, Turkey has taken on the supply of almost all materials, including concrete, reinforcement, waterproofing, equipment elements such as ventilation, electric motors, supply, and exhaust systems, the company's director said, adding that Turkey is also fully providing general construction work, including logistics services. Meanwhile, the entire reactor unit, which includes over 100 pieces of equipment, is supplied from Russia, Semezin told the news agency. The electric energy from the Akkuyu plant will be supplied through six sub-stations to the Turkish United Energy Network, the official said. Construction work on the Akkuyu NPP goes according to plan despite some interference by third countries, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev told reporters. Russia is also suggesting taking a broader view of the NPP project in the Turkish city of Sinop and adding wind and solar generation there, which would turn the facility into a green energy project, Likhachev added. However, this issue should be finalized and decided by Turkey, he said. The construction of Turkey's first NPP, Akkuyu, was launched by Russian nuclear giant Rosatom in 2018. All four units of the NPP are scheduled to be equipped with VVER-1200 reactors, which are the most advanced Russian-designed reactors capable of generating 1,200 megawatts of electric power apiece. The plant is expected to produce 35 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, covering 10% of Turkey's needs.
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About 70% of Equipment, Systems at Akkuyu NPP Completed Commissioning Work, Director Says
18:48 03.07.2024 (Updated: 19:04 03.07.2024) ISTANBUL (Sputnik) - Russia is also suggesting taking a broader view of the NPP project in the Turkish city of Sinop and adding wind and solar generation there, which would turn the facility into a green energy project, Rosatom's Likhachev added.
About 70% of the equipment installed at Turkey's first nuclear power plant (NPP), Akkuyu, which is currently under construction, has already undergone commissioning work, Denis Sezemin, director of construction and production organization at Akkuyu Nuclear, told Sputnik on Wednesday.
"It is important that about 70% of the installed equipment and systems have already gone through the commissioning work. We are preparing for tests; we already have a test program," Sezemin said on the margins of the Nuclear Power Plants Expo Summit (NPPES) in Istanbul.
Putting the energy block into operation is broken down into four stages, with the first of them being the commissioning work, which comes alongside individual tests, the official said, adding that the work in question is currently being conducted at the first energy unit.
"Individual tests are already in progress at a part of the systems, the most important ones. The equipment elements are turning into systems, after testing systems we proceed to launching the block into operation," Sezemin said.
The level of localization at the
Akkuyu NPP construction is estimated at around $7 billion worth of contracts already signed or about to be signed, the official said.
"According to our estimates, the overall level of goods and services localization will account for about 40% of the cost of the project," Sezemin said.
In the course of localization, Turkey has taken on the supply of almost all materials, including concrete, reinforcement, waterproofing, equipment elements such as ventilation, electric motors, supply, and exhaust systems, the company's director said, adding that Turkey is also fully providing general construction work, including logistics services.
Meanwhile, the entire reactor unit, which includes over 100 pieces of equipment, is supplied from Russia, Semezin told the news agency.
The electric energy from the Akkuyu plant will be supplied through six sub-stations to the Turkish United Energy Network, the official said.
Construction work on the Akkuyu NPP
goes according to plan despite some interference by third countries, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev told reporters.
"The Akkuyu project is successfully developing, but not without some problems. The problems are primarily created on behalf of third countries by limiting supplies, worsening mutual settlements, destroying logistics, but, according to the plan, we are moving forward to having the plant prepared for full-fledged operation in the [Turkish] energy network by 2025, as we promised," the official said.
Russia is also suggesting taking a broader view of the NPP project in the Turkish city of Sinop and adding wind and solar generation there, which would turn the facility into a green energy project, Likhachev added.
However, this issue should be finalized and decided by Turkey, he said.
The construction of Turkey's first NPP, Akkuyu, was launched by Russian nuclear giant Rosatom in 2018. All four units of the NPP are scheduled to be equipped with VVER-1200 reactors, which are the most advanced Russian-designed reactors capable of generating 1,200 megawatts of electric power apiece. The plant is expected to produce 35 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, covering 10% of Turkey's needs.
