Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent :
Transport Lock” a part of the nuclear fuel handling system for unit-2 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) has been delivered to the construction site. It will soon be installed at the reactor building which is highly accurate and most labor-intensive work. Rosatom, the Russian contractor building Rooppur NPP, informed this in a press release sent on Saturday (August 24) afternoon.
Rosatom says, the transport lock is cylindrical in shape, weighs 235 tons,12.7 m long, and is 10 m in diameter. The main function of transport lock is to ensure retention of radioactive substances within the containment,as well as fire protection. During normal operation of NPP, the Transport Lock carries out the transportation of cargoes to the reactor plant maintenance level for equipment repair, intake of fresh fuel, and removal of spent fuel.
“Implementation of Rooppur NPP project- construction of the units and supply of equipment and installation, start-up, and adjustment works continues normally. This allows us to speak with certainty that Rosatom efficiently fulfills the responsibility undertaken towards its Bangladeshi partner and guarantees reliability and safety of its technologies for the well-being of the present and future generations of Bangladesh”, noted Alexey Deriy, ASEVice President for Projects in Bangladesh.