Chennai: Machine building division of ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation, Atomenergomash has completed the production of Steam Generators set for the Unit No 4 of Kudankulam nuclear power plant.
According to a press release, Atomenergomash is supplier of key equipment for Kudankulam NPP. Three heat-exchange Items were shipped to the NPP under construction in 2019, the fourth item will be shipped to the customer construction site in April 2020 when the navigation season is open.
The release added, production cycle of steam generator PGV-1000M manufacture takes more than two years from the start of metallurgical blanks production to the shipment. To produce one Item, it is required to use 340 kg of welding strip, 5.5 tons of the welding electrodes and eight tons of welding wire, the release noted.