Country’s first nuclear station will have four Russia-supplied reactors
The installation of the lower section of the outer containment dome has been completed at Unit 1 of Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power station.
Akkuyu NPP said the steel component measures almost 51 metres in diameter and weighs 340 tonnes. It was hoisted into position at a height of 63 metres in a process taking 10 hours.
“After the successful installation of the lower dome part of the outer containment, the builders of the Akkuyu NPP will install the outer containment dome in the next stage,” a statement said.
“The assembled large-sized reinforced concrete structure will protect the reactor plant from external effects during the entire service life of the nuclear power plant.”
The $20bn (€18.8bn) Akkuyu, the first commercial nuclear power station in Turkey, is being built by Rosatom under a contract signed in 2010.
The station, in Mersin province on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coast, will have four Generation III+ VVER-1200 units, with the first expected to come online in 2025 and a further unit starting every year afterwards.
