A contract was signed in June for
drafting the documents for substantiating the investments into construction, assessing the impact on the environment, and conducting an engineering survey of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh. Moscow’s company Atomenergoproekt is responsible for the work.Nuclear.Ru: Which works are going to be performed by Atomenergoproekt within the scope of the Rooppur NPP Project in Bangladesh?
Marat Mustafin: Constructing the Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh, JSC Atomenergoproekt has actively been cooperating with JSC Atomstroyexport (ASE). First of all, our company is performing the project survey works on site. What makes the project unique is that the Rooppur site is the only one, proposed by the contracting authority to construct the NPP.Usually, several sites are suggested.In addition, the Rooppur site is rather complex. We received archived data on the survey, performed previously by a foreign company. Several tests showed the site’s geological state is quite complex. Certainly, that is a provisional implication and in order to make a conclusion, we need to start the field works and real surveying activities.The first processing of data will show us the preliminary results.However, we can already state that as the site is located close to the river Ganges, there is plenty of alluvial soil there. It is a very flexible and plastic compound with continental ground underneath.The initial geological survey is going to be of a universal nature. Then we will be able to adjust it to the specific project. First, we need to know what is underneath the ground.
Nuclear.Ru: Will the survey be performed for two power units?
Мustafin: Yes, the survey will be performed having two power units in mind. It might be that there will be a decision to construct one power unit. However, in economic terms, a survey for two units does not significantly increase the cost and there will be no need for extra works afterwards.Atomenergoproekt is soon going to sign a contract with the merged company JSC NIAEP-JSC Atomstroyexport to perform the pre-design works. The contract has already practically been prepared; the only thing left is to agree on small details.Nuclear.Ru: Russian State Nuclear Corporation JSC NIAEP-JSC ASE plans to sign the contract on preparing the technical project with Bangladesh. Will Atomenergoproekt also be responsible for implementing the project?
Мustafin: The technical project will be prepared by two companies. JSC Atomenergoproekt will design the ‘nuclear island’ and auxiliary buildings and structures, and JSC NIAEP will design the equipment premises, hydro-technical and some technical structures as well as power output structures. The share of work will be 56 percent and 44 percent.Nuclear.Ru: The third document, foreseen to be signed, is the contract for preparatory works to construct Rooppur NPP. Will Atomenergoproekt be able to perform those works?
Мustafin: That is quite a complicated issue, considering the climate peculiarities and other factors. In my opinion, it will be rather difficult to find contractors willing and able to work in such conditions. Bangladesh is not Turkey, where the climate is rather soft. Even in terms of ordinary construction works, the conditions in the region, where the Rooppur site is located, are very hard.We are talking about seasonal rain, extreme air temperatures, and continuous climatic changes. That means it will be difficult for the builders, who will most probably be foreign companies, to work there.Considering all these, Atomstroyexport will choose contractors for the different kinds of work with great care. As for us, we will perform the engineering survey on designing the ‘nuclear island’—the complex of buildings and structures of the reactor part.Atomenergoproekt, as a future engineering division of State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom, would like to step up by using its own forces in constructing the ‘nuclear island’.
drafting the documents for substantiating the investments into construction, assessing the impact on the environment, and conducting an engineering survey of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh. Moscow’s company Atomenergoproekt is responsible for the work.Nuclear.Ru: Which works are going to be performed by Atomenergoproekt within the scope of the Rooppur NPP Project in Bangladesh?
Marat Mustafin: Constructing the Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh, JSC Atomenergoproekt has actively been cooperating with JSC Atomstroyexport (ASE). First of all, our company is performing the project survey works on site. What makes the project unique is that the Rooppur site is the only one, proposed by the contracting authority to construct the NPP.Usually, several sites are suggested.In addition, the Rooppur site is rather complex. We received archived data on the survey, performed previously by a foreign company. Several tests showed the site’s geological state is quite complex. Certainly, that is a provisional implication and in order to make a conclusion, we need to start the field works and real surveying activities.The first processing of data will show us the preliminary results.However, we can already state that as the site is located close to the river Ganges, there is plenty of alluvial soil there. It is a very flexible and plastic compound with continental ground underneath.The initial geological survey is going to be of a universal nature. Then we will be able to adjust it to the specific project. First, we need to know what is underneath the ground.
Nuclear.Ru: Will the survey be performed for two power units?
Мustafin: Yes, the survey will be performed having two power units in mind. It might be that there will be a decision to construct one power unit. However, in economic terms, a survey for two units does not significantly increase the cost and there will be no need for extra works afterwards.Atomenergoproekt is soon going to sign a contract with the merged company JSC NIAEP-JSC Atomstroyexport to perform the pre-design works. The contract has already practically been prepared; the only thing left is to agree on small details.Nuclear.Ru: Russian State Nuclear Corporation JSC NIAEP-JSC ASE plans to sign the contract on preparing the technical project with Bangladesh. Will Atomenergoproekt also be responsible for implementing the project?
Мustafin: The technical project will be prepared by two companies. JSC Atomenergoproekt will design the ‘nuclear island’ and auxiliary buildings and structures, and JSC NIAEP will design the equipment premises, hydro-technical and some technical structures as well as power output structures. The share of work will be 56 percent and 44 percent.Nuclear.Ru: The third document, foreseen to be signed, is the contract for preparatory works to construct Rooppur NPP. Will Atomenergoproekt be able to perform those works?
Мustafin: That is quite a complicated issue, considering the climate peculiarities and other factors. In my opinion, it will be rather difficult to find contractors willing and able to work in such conditions. Bangladesh is not Turkey, where the climate is rather soft. Even in terms of ordinary construction works, the conditions in the region, where the Rooppur site is located, are very hard.We are talking about seasonal rain, extreme air temperatures, and continuous climatic changes. That means it will be difficult for the builders, who will most probably be foreign companies, to work there.Considering all these, Atomstroyexport will choose contractors for the different kinds of work with great care. As for us, we will perform the engineering survey on designing the ‘nuclear island’—the complex of buildings and structures of the reactor part.Atomenergoproekt, as a future engineering division of State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom, would like to step up by using its own forces in constructing the ‘nuclear island’.
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