RusHydro Completed Construction of Spillway of SSHPP
OREANDA-NEWS. October 14, 2011. JSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: RTS, MICEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces the completion of construction of the onshore spillway of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant.
Delegation led by Igor Sechin, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the
Commissioning of spillway was preceded by pre-operational tests of the facility, which took place from September 28 till October 1, 2011. The tests included step-by-step opening of segmental gates at the inlet crown until fully opened (
Construction of the onshore spillway for Sayano-Shushenskaya plant in addition to the existing dam spillway was initiated in 2005 to considerably increase the reliability and safety of hydraulic engineering structures of the power plant. Spillway is intended primarily for passage of extreme floods and may also be in occasionally used for passage of common floods. The Sayano-Shushenskaya onshore spillway shall allow additional water flow passage of up to 4000 m3/s.
"With the newly constructed facility we also enhanced security of the power plant and the people who live downstream the
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