Rosatom admitted the delay of nuclear power plant projects due to problems with suppliers in Ukraine
Moscow – Kyiv, May 14 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) – Problems with the supply of equipment from Ukraine, which have already led to a delay in the commissioning of the Beloyarsk NPP near Sverdlovsk, may also slow down the construction of the Novovoronezh NPP.
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Rosatom recognizes the risks of delaying the construction of the first unit of the Novovoronezh NPP-2 (NVNPP-2) due to problems with the supply of equipment from Ukraine. Previously, the state corporation recognized similar difficulties at the Beloyarsk NPP.
“Taking into account the fact that part of the supply of ventilation equipment, process fittings and pipelines comes from Ukraine, there is a high risk of not achieving the task of putting the power unit into operation in 2014,” Gennady Sakharov, director of capital investments at Rosatom, said in an interview with the corporate magazine “Bulletin of Atomprom”. .
The main Ukrainian suppliers for NVNPP-2 are the Ivano-Frankivsk Valve Plant (IFAZ) and PJSC Kiev Central Design Bureau of Valve Engineering (KTsKBA), an industry source told Kommersant.
“There is a slight delay in the supply of equipment for the engine room, but there have been no critical delays that could affect the timing,” says Vladimir Filippov, head of the IFAZ supervisory board. The underdelivered products will be shipped literally within a few days, he notes. The cars were delayed at customs, but the customers managed to quickly solve this problem, states Mr. Filippov, and Rosatom structures did not make any claims against the company.
KCCBA also excludes serious delays in the supply of equipment to NVNPP-2. “We not only completed orders for the first block on time, but also took on unplanned production volumes urgently at the request of the general contractor,” explains KCCBA General Director Yuri Rykunin. The supplies of fittings were carried out despite the unpaid products delivered back in February 2012, he recalls.
Despite these risks, the state corporation does not plan to change its strategy towards Ukraine. “Rosatom has serious ties with Ukrainian suppliers, and we intend to support them regardless of the political situation,” says a representative of the state corporation. Rosatom also owns a 51% stake in the Ukrainian Energomashspetsstal (Kramatorsk), there are no problems with supplies from it, Rosatom says.
At the end of April, Deputy General Director of Rosenergoatom Pavel Ipatov already spoke about problems with the supply of valves from Ukrainian factories for the fourth unit of the Beloyarsk NPP (BN-800 project). Because of this, the launch of the unit may be delayed by several months.
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