Chennai: Atomenergomash, a machine-building division of Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, manufactured and shipped out a set of equipment for Unit 4 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) in Tamilnadu.
The equipment includes Moisture Separator Reheaters (MSR-1000-1). Totally, there will be four sets of Moisture Separator Reheaters, two sets have already been shipped, a press release said.
Moisture Separator Reheaters, manufactured by ZiO-Podolsk, a subsidiary of Atomenergomash, are designed to remove water condensed from the process stream to maximize thermal efficiency and reliability of the low-pressure turbine.
The weight of the separators is 47 tonnes; height is around six metres and diameter is four metres. Product lifetime is 30 years.