Rosatom Automated Control Systems (RASU – Rosatom Avtomatizirovannie Systemi Upravleniya) has completed the delivery of all the automated process control systems (ASUTP – (Avtomatizirobannikh System Upravleniya Tekhnologicheskimi Protsessami) for unit 1 of the Rooppur NPP under construction in Bangladesh. Management and control systems to ensure safety and operating efficiency have been installed and will participate in pre-start-up procedures.
The delivery included 22 subsystems of ASTUP and automated radiation monitoring systems. They will ensure control of the operation of equipment, power supply to the network and the smooth flow of technological processes for the VVER-1200 reactor plant both at the commissioning stage and during subsequent operation.
“Currently, all equipment of the automated process control system of the first power unit of Rooppur NPP has been supplied and installed at the construction site,” said Gleb Murashov, Managing Director for automated process control systems at RASU. “As part of the project, we implemented a number of improvements. For example, for the automated radiation monitoring systems, the installations are implemented in a compact bench design for the first time.”
The Rooppur plant is being built by Rosatom on the eastern bank of the Ganges River in the Pabna district of Bangladesh, about 160 km northwest of Dhaka. It will comprise two VVER-1200 reactors. In November 2011, Russia and Bangladesh signed an inter-governmental agreement on cooperation in the construction of the NPP, and in mid-December 2015 a general contract worth $12.65bn was signed. Construction of unit 1 began in November 2017 and unit 2 in July 2018. The plant’s design life is 60 years, with the possibility of extending its operating life for another 20 years. Fresh fuel for the units was delivered to the site in the latter part of 2023. An operating licence was issued by the Bangladesh Nuclear Regulatory Authority earlier in April.
