Rosatom's project of Iranian Busher NPP got best 2014 Nuclear Project award
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran, operated by Rosenergoatom (part of Rosatom) awarded as "Best Nuclear Power Project" in 2014.
- (1888PressRelease) March 04, 2015 - Nuclear winner: Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
Each year, power projects from around the world are recognized by the editors of Power Engineering and Renewable Energy World magazines. The winners of the 2014 Projects of the Year Awards were announced Dec. 8 at Disney's Odyssey Pavilion at EPCOT during POWER-GEN International.
This year's winners reflect the industry's search for cleaner, more efficient sources of power generation and demonstrate new technologies that will help achieve those goals. Project winners showcased an international representation of excellence in the power generation industry. Winners ranged from the largest concentrating solar power project in the world to the first large-scale power plant equipped with carbon capture and storage technology.
Iran's first nuclear power plant began operations in September 2013. Rosatom unit Atomstroyexport built the VVER-1000 Unit 1 using structures and equipment already in place at Bushehr. The Iranian and Russian governments signed an agreement in August 1992 to build and operate a two-unit nuclear plant in Iran.
All work at the plant was done under International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) safeguards; and operations are also under IAEA safeguards. The main reactor components were built under a construction contract with Atomstroyexport based on the V-320 design, but designated at a V-446 to include adaptations to Siemens parts and for high seismic ratings.
The plant faced a series of delays and was almost abandoned in 2007. By the end of January 2008, Atomstroyexport had delivered the 163 fuel assemblies plus 17 reserve units for the initial core of Bushehr, totaling 82 tonnes of nuclear fuel. The reactor was due to start up in February 2011, and fuel had been loaded by the beginning of December. However, during the startup process, a 1970s-era pump failed and possibly shed metal particles into the primary cooling system. The fuel was removed, cleaned, and replaced, and the reactor successfully started up on May 8, 2011. It was grid-connected in September 2011 and was expected to enter commercial operation in April 2012, then May 2013. It finally reached commercial operation in September 2013.
After the unit was connected to the grid, Iranian legislation required a national company to operate the nuclear plant. In May 2012, the first deputy director generation of Rosenergoatom said that all operations related to the reactor equipment control and operations were being carried out by Russian specialists.
The anticipated 7 TWh/yr from the Bushehr reactor frees up about 11 million barrels of oil, or 1.8 million cubic metres of gas per year, which can be exported for hard currency. In 2013, Iran's Energy Minister said that it saved some $2 billion per year in oil and gas. Russia's Atomstroyexport was the project's contractor.
For more information please contact:
Dinara Shikhametova
Russian State Nuclear Agency Rosatom
Press Office
Telephone: +7 (495) 956 39 72 ext. 1162
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