OREANDA-NEWS. March 05, 2011. The crane is intended for moving and mounting of ultra heavy loads. It will perform loft-and-carry operations during the period of the equipment construction and installation and during the power unit operation as well.

At present, two more overhead cranes of power unit No.1 turbine island are to be supplied to the site– of 15 and 50 tones capacity.

Totally, three long span overhead cranes operating at different levels, will operate in the nuclear plant turbine island. The most powerful crane (400 tones), that, in particular, will be used for the turbine plant mounting, stator of the generator, and other equipment of the turbine generator, will be located on the higher floor. The two cranes of a lesser capacity will be located on the lower floor.

According to the contract concluded in 2009 Baltkran OJSC (Kaliningrad) produced overhead cranes of the turbine island for power unit No. 1 of Novovoronezh NPP-2, four frame cranes of the total capacity more than 150 tones for the storehouses of logistics, and overpass crane of the capacity of 360 tones, aimed at the reactor equipment and nuclear fuel overcharge, in particular, the reactor vessel, steam generator, containers with fresh and waste nuclear fuel.

The turbine island overhead cranes and the overpass crane for power unit No. 2 are planned to be assembled at the site of the new NPP construction within the current year.