Workers have installed the core melt localization device into the reactor shaft at power unit No. 3 of Leningrad NPP-2 in Sosnovy Bor ahead of schedule. This was reported by the press service of the state corporation "Rosatom."
The work was completed almost a month ahead of schedule. The installation of the "core melt localization device" took eight hours.
Vladimir Pereguda, Director of the Leningrad NPP, stated that the installation of the 157-ton device in the design position was a key task for 2025.
There are several more stages ahead, when the remaining elements related to the "localization device" will be installed: filler blocks, a service platform, a support truss, and a lower plate with a total weight of almost 600 tons.
The construction site of the nuclear power plant is located 35 km from St. Petersburg. The first power unit was connected to the unified energy system of Russia in 2018, the second in 2020. They are equipped with VVER-1200 reactors.
Currently, the third power unit is under active construction, and work has begun to prepare for the construction of the fourth. They are scheduled to be commissioned in 2030 and 2032, respectively.
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