November 25, 2015 works on the west bridge jacking of the NSC main cranes system (MCS) were commenced in the new safe confinement installation area at ChNPP site.
The main cranes system is designed to perform the dismantling of unstable structures of the existing Shelter Object after the completion of NSC construction. MCS consists of:
The Double-Wall Canister (DWC) is the heart of the interim dry storage system NUHOMS® which will be implemented at the ISF-2 for the long-term interim storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from Chernobyl NPP RMBK-1000 reactors.
The main purpose of the DWC is to ensure 100 years (ISF-2 design service life) of dry, interim, environmentally isolated storage of SNF in an inert gas environment.
The DWC system consists of an enclosure vessel made of two welded leak-tight shells (canister) which form two separate confinement boundaries to potential spread of radioactive materials, an internal basket and Fuel Tubes (FT), and is designed for horizontal placement of each DWC inside the individual compartments of the concrete storage module (CSM).
Management and employees of the State Specialized Enterprise "Chernobyl NPP" express their sincere condolences to the French employees and management of NOVARKA company, implementing the New Safe Confinement project at ChNPP site, for the horrible terrorist attacks which took place in Paris on November 13.
We understand your heartache and sorrow. We feel your pain. We mourn with you.
Direction et les employés de l'entreprise d'État spécialisée "CN de Tchernobyl" exprime ses condoléances aux employers français et a l’administration de l'entreprise "Novarka", qui réalise le projet de construction d'un Nouveau confinement sure sur la site industrielle de la Centrale, en connexion avec les terrible actes de terrorisme qui ont eu lieu à Paris le 13 Novembre.
Nous comprenons votre douleur et chagrin. Nous compassion a vous. Nous sommes de tout cœur avec vous.
On November 3, a progress meeting of ChNPP Generation II structures reinforcement and sealing project was held. The representatives of the power plant management, of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, of contracting organisations involved in this project, of SIP project management unit, of NOVARKA as well as of “KIEV ENERGOPROJECT” institute, who is the project designer, attended this meeting. The meeting was chaired by Igor Gramotkin, ChNPP Director General.
The meeting was devoted to discussion of the possibility to speed up the implementation progress of the ChNPP Generation II structures reinforcement and sealing project as this project has critical interrelationship with NSC construction. It is impossible to slide the Arch to the design position and to commission it until the side walls are erected.