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       Steam collectors





       installed at Rooppur NPP





       in Bangladesh






         BANGLADESH      WORK continues on the construction of the   The Rooppur plant is being built by Rosatom
                         Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh, with employees  on the eastern bank of the River Ganges in Bang-
                         of Russia’s Energospetsmontazh completing the  ladesh’s Pabna district about 160 km north-west
                         installation of four steam collectors at the con-  of the capital city of Dhaka.
                         struction site of Unit 1.              It will comprise two VVER-1200 reactors:
                           The steam collector is one of the largest com-  Rooppur 1 is scheduled to start operating 2023,
                         ponents of the steam generator. The collector  followed by Rooppur 2 in 2024.™
                         length is about 11 metres, width 2.7 metres,
                         height over 3 metres and weight 10.305 tonnes.
                         The collector consists of a pipe with a diameter
                         of 630 mm, a bottom and ten steam outlet pipes.
                           The steam collector is welded to ten nozzles
                         on the steam generator body through which
                         steam is supplied to the turbine.





















































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