The so-called core catcher for the second power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant will be shipped in July 2014, BelTA learned from Vitaly Shishov, Director for Operations of the Volgodonsk-based branch Atommash of ZAO AEM Technologies.
It has been decided already that the equipment will be delivered by waterways via Smolensk and then to Belarus by road, specified the press service of ZAO AEM Technologies. The core catcher for the second power-generating unit will be delivered within two months directly to the construction site.
According to Vitaly Shishov, the main large-size parts of the core catcher are nearly ready for transportation.
The core catcher for the first power-generating unit has been delivered and its installation is nearly over.