Installation of the monitoring and control system has begun at unit 1 of the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Türkiye. The manufacture of the subsystem equipment was undertaken by specialists from Rosatom Automated Control Systems (RASU -Rosatom Avtomatizirovannii Sistemi Upravleniya).
Subsystems developed for Russian design generation 3+ power units include monitoring and control of the technological processes of the reactor plant. Currently, in the Akkuyu 1 reactor building, the installation is underway of a vertical stand, necessary for carrying out commissioning work before the start-up of the power unit. Preparations are also underway for the installation of equipment for the executive part of the reactor control and protection system. The instrumentation & control (I&C) system of the reactor installation includes diagnostic and monitoring subsystems, which are also responsible for in-reactor monitoring and neutron flux monitoring.
“The reactor installation monitoring and control system is the most important set of technical tools that receives and processes information from sensors located, including in the reactor core,” said. Dmitry Dimashov, technical director of Automated Technical Process Control Systems at RASU. “It produces a stream of data processed using a higher level of automation, which will provide NPP operators with all the necessary indicators of operational safety. Now installation of the first stage of subsystems is underway, and in the next month the equipment for six more stages will be delivered to the construction site.”
Akkuyu, Türkiye’s first NPP, will eventually host four Russian-designed VVER-1200 reactors. The pouring of first concrete for unit 1 took place in April 2018, for unit 2 in June 2020, for unit 3 in March 2021, and for unit 4 in July 2022. Rosatom is constructing the reactors according to a build-own-operate model. Unit 1 is expected to begin operation in 2025.
