L&T Heavy Engineering has delivered its first
indigenously designed pressurised heavy water reactor for the nuclear
plant being developed by Nuclear Power Corporation in Gujarat.
The
first of the two nuclear 700 MWe steam generators was delivered at the
Kakrapar nuclear plant on June 16 and another generator will be
dispatched on Saturday, the company said in a release on Friday.
A
nuclear steam generator is one of the most critical safety class one
equipment in a nuclear island. It enables heat transfer from heavy water
to generate steam, which drives turbines to generate electricity.
Each
steam generator weighs about 215 tonnes and made of special low alloy
quenched and tempered steel with nickel-iron-chromium alloy tubes and
stainless steel internals.
MV Kotwal, President
(Heavy Engineering), Larsen & Toubro said the completion of the
steam generator is a major milestone towards ‘Make in India’ vision of
the government.
The 3D multi-phase thermal hydraulic
analysis and safety analysis including accidental conditions were
designed in-house by L&T. The nickel-iron-chromium alloy U-Tubes
were manufactured as a joint effort with Nuclear Fuel Complex,
Hyderabad.
L&T Special Steel and Heavy Forgings, a
65000 sq. meter integrated facility at Hazira, will supply forgings for
future nuclear power plant projects. LTSSHF is a joint venture between
L&T and NPCIL.
L&T shares were up 0.60 per cent at 1,808 on the BSE on Friday.
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