The site for construction of new power units at the Leningrad NPP was visited by the Leningrad regional government representatives.
Officials from relevant committees observed the construction progress and conducted a regular meeting of the operative headquarters to facilitate work co-ordination at this most important regional power project.
The operative headquarters administering the issues of plant construction was created under the Leningrad region government at the very beginning of the LNPP erection. Regular meetings are held in St. Petersburg. This time such scheduled follow-up meeting took place at the project construction site. The officials already visited the site a little over a year ago. Therefore, they were fully able to appreciate the scale and pace of construction.
During the visit the participants of the meeting were shown the observation site, the turbine hall in turbine building, and a 330 kV switchgear. The LNPP’s director Mr. Vladimir Pereguda told about the deadline of the first power unit commissioning. The relevant act is to be signed in spring 2018. The next year will be wholly devoted to the preparation of the physical start-up.
The work is in progress according to the master schedule. This was confirmed by the general contractor’s representative, Deputy Director for Operations of JSC “CONCDERN TITAN-2” Branch in Sosnovy Bor, Mr. Sergey Bulgakov.
Main tasks facing the specialists at present include provision of auxiliary supply, primary circuit hydraulic tests, idle run of the reactor circulation pumps and assembly of the turbine.
In the years to come, the new units of Leningrad nuclear power plant will make it possible to fully supply the region with its own generated power. The power will be supplied to the region as well as to St. Petersburg, besides, it will be used also to prevent power shortage in the adjacent regions and in Kaliningrad region.
Note:
The Holding “Titan-2” is the largest in the North-West group of companies, erecting the most important objects of the nuclear industry and energy. The organization performs a full range of construction and installation works from engineering to commissioning.
The Holding “Titan-2” is one of the main contractors for the construction of power units No. 1 and No. 2 of the Leningradskaya NPP-2. Main organizations of the company perform 30% of general construction and 80% of installation works on the site. Specialists of the holding are engaged on the objects of the Leningradskaya NPP-2 first and second power units. The works are being performed in the buildings of the reactor, turbine, electricity, water, heating system and other structures of power units.