Dhaka, Aug. 7 -- One of the key stages of cold and hot functional tests has been completed during a set of commissioning activities, such as the blowdown of fresh steam pipelines in the turbine compartment, at unit 1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), said a company statement Wednesday.

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 operations of the turbine equipment during the plant's operation.

The blowdown was carried out using fresh steam at a pressure of 2.0 MPa and a temperature of 200degC.

These parameters were selected to take into account the design requ...