On 30 June, 2018 at the construction site of Kursk NPP-2* replacement plant the constructors and adjusters completed the concreting of the bed plate of power unit No 1 reactor building. Thus, one of this year’s key stages of VVER-TOI power unit construction is completed.

16.7 thousand cubic metres of self-consolidated concrete was poured in the structure of the bed plate with size of 77x83 m and with the high of 2.6 m.

The concreting had been carrying out at six sections in succession from the end of this April. During this process the required concrete strength development of the concreted sections had been monitoring.

At the present time laboratory research shows that five from six sections are ready for the construction of the main walls of the reactor building.

On 7 July, after the sixth section develops the concrete strength, the constructors will start the concreting of the main walls of the reactor building from the mark of -5.450 to -2.150 in the axes 3-5. The reinforced metal blocks have already been installed at their proper location; the adjusters carry out the main walls’ construction of formwork.