The start-up and adjustment phase has begun on the main equipment of the on-shore pumping station of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1 (the plant is being built by Rosatom State Corporation in Türkiye).
Pumping units for the main cooling water and pumps that will operate backup diesel power plants are under a series of individual load tests. Skilled start-up and adjustment specialists have already performed test runs of the pumping units of the main cooling water under load and are now carefully checking operating parameters of the equipment.
“Construction and installation works at the pumping station are almost completed, and we are embarking on a key stage – start-up and adjustment works on the main equipment. The NPP’s largest pumps are being operated at the onshore pumping station. They will provide water to all the cooling systems of the Power Unit, that is why stable operation of the pumps is extremely important for the reliable operation of main equipment, including the reactor plant and the turbine unit. The onshore pumping station is a unique hydraulic engineering structure. The station’s design solution, developed taking into account the advanced safety standards, was successfully implemented thanks to the well-coordinated work of the Turkish-Russian team of designers and builders”, AKKUYU NUCLEAR JSC Chief Executive Officer Sergei Butckikh noted.
