Fourth steam generator completed reactor coolant system
1.2.2011
The last, i.e. the fourth steam generator was transferred into the reactor building last weekend. On Monday 31 January it was lifted into its concrete bunker.
The fourth steam generator was the last main component of the reactor coolant system to be transferred to its installation site.
The steam generators are the largest components of the nuclear island. Each weighs about 520 tons and the main crane of the reactor building was equipped with separate installation cranes for the handling of the steam generators.
Total hight of a steam generator is 23 metres.
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