Emergency core cooling tanks from Russian AEM Technologies for Belarusian nuclear station

ZAO AEM Technologies, which is part of Atomenergomash (the mechanical engineering division of the Russian nuclear industry corporation Rosatom) will supply equipment for the central circulation line, tanks for the emergency core cooling system with fasteners, and pressure compensators for the first and second power-generating units of the Belarusian nuclear power plant, OAO Atomenergomash’s press service told BelTA.

The equipment will be delivered in 2015-2017. Some of the equipment will be made in association with the Russian mechanical engineering group OMZ.

The tanks for the emergency core cooling system are part of the passive safeguards the Belarusian nuclear power plant will implement. The passives will work without requiring human attention and external power sources.

AEM Technologies is now busy making the reactor unit equipment and steam generators for the Belarusian nuclear station. The Russian company plans to supply a total of over RUB9 billion worth of equipment for the Belarusian nuclear power plant.

In 2013 the company supplied a core catcher for the first power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant.

Atomenergomash enterprises have contracted to deliver the primary equipment for the reactor plants of the first and second power-generating units of the Belarusian nuclear power plant as well as transport and technological equipment and some of the equipment for the machine hall in line with the contract with OAO Power Machines.

OAO Atomenergomash is a leading power machines manufacturer of Russia. Atomenergomash provides effective comprehensive solutions for nuclear power industry, heat power industry, gas, oil, and chemical industries. The company comprises about 30 major manufacturing, research, and engineering enterprises in Russia and other countries.

The Belarusian nuclear power plant will comprise two power-generating units with the total capacity of up to 2,400MW (1,200MW each). It will be built at the Ostrovets site in Grodno Oblast. The Russian design AES-2006 has been chosen to build the power plant. The design is fully compliant with international standards and IAEA recommendations. The merged company OAO NIAEP – ZAO Atomstroyexport (ASE) is the general designer and general contractor of the project.