Project "New Safe Confinement Construction"
Employer: Chernobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP)
Engineer: Project Management Unit (PMU) – Bechtel (USA) – Bettelle Memorial (USA) – ChNPP
Contractor (Designing – Procurement - Construction): Joint venture NOVARKA, France (VINCI Construction Grands Projets - 50% / Bouygues Travaux Publics - 50%)
Funding: Chernobyl Shelter Fund (CSF)
CSF Administrator – EBRD
Contract Price: 1 424 mln €
Contract signing date – August 10, 2007.
Major Subcontractors:
CIMOLAI – Italy: Working design and steel constructions manufacturing
PaR – USA: Design and Main cranes system manufacturing
OKYANUS – Turkey: design, supply and installation of cladding
NSC in figures:
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Span of Arch |
257m |
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Length |
162m |
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Height |
108m |
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Lifetime |
100 years |
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Temperature range |
-30°C to +50°C |
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Seismic zone |
2 (9 points on the Richter scale) |
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Foundations and platform of assembling area |
81 000м3 of reinforced concrete |
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Steel piles - length 25 m and diameter 1 m |
400 pieces |
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Concrete piles - length 19 meters and 1 m diameter (permanent foundations) |
400 pieses |
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Arch construction: - Main elements ( pipes with diameter >800 mm) - auxiliary components (joint connections) - fixations (bolts M30) |
5700 pieses 4000 pieses 650000 pieses |
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Steel constructions |
24 860 tons |
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Temporary constructions |
5400 tons |
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Cladding: - external (multi layers) - internal |
86 000m2 78 000m2 |
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Workforce at the site (in average) |
2 shifts consisting of 600 persons |
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About the Project in details |
