Petrozavodskmash conducted pre-assembly of reactor coolant pump housings for Tianwan NPS

AEM-Technologies JSC, Branch in Petrozavodsk (member of Atomenergomash, Mechanical Engineering Division of Rosatom State Corporation, and Karelian regional office of the Russian Mechanical Engineering Union (SoyuzMash)) has completed a pre-assembly of housings of reactor coolant pump sets (RCPS) designed for the Tianwan NPS, Unit 7, People’s Republic of China. RCPS internals, particularly guide vanes, were assembled earlier, upon which those were connected to flanges. The design was placed inside a spherical housing and appropriate circumferential weld performed afterwards. Assembly with the sphere has been accomplished for all four RCPS housings of the Tianwan NPS. An RCPS housing is a Safety...