OPK to complete the production of steam generators for the world’s first floating nuclear power station by 2009
United Industrial Corporation (OPK) plans to complete the production of steam generators for the Floating Nuclear Power Station (FNPS) by 2009, which will be the first of its type in the world, according to company sources.
The FNPS is being designed in form of a non-self-propelled vessel, measuring 144m in length, 30m in width and has water displacement of 21,500metric tons. The station will consist of two nuclear power plants, which will have a combined capacity for generating up to 70 megawatts. This station has a projected service timespan of approximately 40 years, and will be located in the northern part of Russia, where there is lack of energy.
All construction works are currently being carried out according to scheduled plans, Alexander Gnusarev, chairman of OPK Board of Directors, said. “The steam generators are being manufactured by Baltiysky Plant, which is a subsidiary of OPK,” he said. “The FNPS is a very important strategic project that will open up new perspectives in further development of nuclear energy in Russia.”
In a related development, the management of the Afrikantov Experimental Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau, a Nizhny Novgorod-based federal public unitary enterprise, which specializes in designing of reactors for FNPS, has said it does not plan to review its timetable for completing the production of energy blocks for the FNPS, which has been scheduled for 2010.
According to OPK’s press department, OPK signed a contract with the Afrikantov Design Bureau at the end of 2006, which envisages the latter producing eight steam generators for the FNPS. The production of the second set of steam generators was completed in October 2008.
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