IANS
Russia’s integrated nuclear power major Rosatom State Atomic Energy
Corporation on Tuesday said the first batch of pipeline valves for the two
upcoming plants in Tamil Nadu has been shipped.
It said that 26 pieces of equipment with a total weight of about 27.5
tons were shipped to the plant construction site at Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam.
The pipeline valves are for the under-construction Units 5 and 6.
High-pressure and low-pressure gate valves are designed for installation in the
turbine hall of a nuclear power plant and their key function is a tight
shut-off of the fluid or gas flow to ensure reliable operation of the system.
The equipment will be transported from the production site to St
Petersburg by road and from there, the equipment will be sent to Kudankulam via
sea.
India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India
Ltd (NPCIL) has two functional 1,000 MW plants (Units 1 and 2) at Kudankulam,
while four more similar plants (Units 3, 4, 5 and 6) are under construction.
All six units are built with Russian technology and equipment supplied by
Rosatom. Major equipment for building the third and fourth units has reached
Kudankulam from Russia.
Rosatom is also providing fuel to the nuclear power units in Kudankulam
throughout their entire life cycle.
--IANS
