Dhaka, Aug. 6 -- One of the key stages of cold and hot functional tests has been completed during a set of commissioning activities, such as blowdown of the fresh steam pipelines in the turbine compartment at Unit 1 of the Rooppur NPP. The results have proven that the unit's steam pipelines are available for supplying steam to the turbine

Such tests are mandatory before conducting further operations and are required to ensure reliable and safe operation of the turbine equipment during NPP operation.

The blowdown was carried out using fresh steam at a pressure of 2.0 MPa and a temperature of 200 degC. These parameters were selected to take into account the design requirements and ensure the reliable cleaning of the pipelines from possibl...