A trestle crane has been installed at unit 1 at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant on August 16. It was installed at an elevation of +47.50 meters.
The trestle crane was manufactured in Russia and delivered to the Rooppur NPP construction site in a disassembled state. The weight of the assembled equipment is 225 tons with a lifting capacity of 360 tons.
“The equipment is necessary for reloading super-heavy equipment and transporting fresh and spent fuel during the NPP operation,” said Alexei Deriy, Atomstroy export Vice President and Director of the Rooppur NPP construction project.
Rooppur NPP is under construction at Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna district. Two units of the project with a total capacity of 2,400 MWe are being constructed under Russian design. Each unit will be equipped with Generation 3+ VVER-1200 reactor that fully complies with all the international safety requirements. Fresh nuclear fuel for unit-1 of the plant is expected to arrive in Bangladesh by the end of September 2023. The Engineering Division of Rosatom State Corporation is implementing the project as the General Contractor.
