Advanced core melt trap for Akkuyu NPP
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#59October 2014

Advanced core melt trap for Akkuyu NPP

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It features higher seismic robustness, increased shock and dynamic strength, simplified installation technology and a number of other advantages. The equipment has been upgraded especially for Turkey where earthquakes occur. According to Alexander Sidorov, the Head of Networking Department within the Integrated Design Office of Atomenergoproekt, the upgraded trap has a more efficient scheme of cooling of its strength members. The upgraded trap weights nearly by 15% less than its predecessors. Besides, the designers improved the trap installation technology. “We have been improving methods of assembling and installing from version to version by changing and enlarging its separate components as both scientific findings and new manufacture approaches are implemented. As a result, we have developed a simpler and more convenient scheme of the trap installation,” Alexander Sidorov explained.