Turkey. Concreting of a foundation slab for the pumping station was completed at Akkuyu Unit 3. The foundation slab was divided into eight blocks, each requiring four to ten stages of concreting, depending on complexity. Workers laid almost 20,000 cubic meters of concrete and placed about 2,000 tonnes of steel rebar. “Each concreting stage was preceded by specific on-site preparations. The concreting was done using high-strength concrete. These operations involved 350 Russian and Turkish workers,” said Sergey Butskikh, CEO at Akkuyu Nuclear. The pumping stations of the Akkuyu NPP are designed to supply sea water for the primary operation processes at the nuclear power plant and to remove heat from the auxiliary equipment of the turbine island. Each power unit will be served by one such station. The Akkuyu NPP will have four power units with Russian-designed VVER-1200 reactors.