First unit of Kudankulam nuclear station past output tests

Specialists of the merged company OAO NIAEP – ZAO Atomstroyexport (ASE) in association with Indian nuclear industry specialists have completed the full cycle of tests as part of the output mastering program for the first power-generating unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. After the tests the unit reached 100% of its output capacity. Following the relevant instruction of the Indian regulating body the unit went for a planned shutdown for the sake of testing several systems in compliance with regulatory requirements, the press service of the Russian company told BelTA.

The Russian Federation provides technical assistance to India in the project to build two power-generating units of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant with VVER-1000 reactors with the output capacity of 1,000MW each. The Kudankulam nuclear power plant uses the AES-92 design, which is fully compliant with modern technical regulations of Russia, the International Atomic Energy Agency and is certified for compliance with requirements of the club of European operators (EUR), which are applied to post-2000 nuclear power plants. In addition to conventional active safeguards the design implements a number of technical solutions based on combined safety systems.

The merged company OAO NIAEP – ZAO ASE is one of the leaders of the global nuclear engineering industry and accounts for 31% of the global market of nuclear power plant construction.

Apart from that, OAO NIAEP – ZAO ASE implements projects to build radioactive waste treatment facilities and spent nuclear fuel treatment facilities as well as heat power engineering facilities.

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