At Leningrad NPP-2 began assembly of the first polar crane

Upon completion of enlargement of structures, the bridge of the polar crane will be rigged up by a crane Liebherr LR 11350 to the 42 meters mark – all the way up under the dome of the reactor containment building.

Load capacity of the first polar crane is more than 360 tons. Thanks to motion along a circular railway, it can perform loading and unloading operations at any point in the reactor hall.

The completion of installation will be one of the key events at the construction site of the Leningrad NPP-2 in the current year. The polar crane moves on a circular rail above the reactor shaft, thus able to perform transportation and hoisting operations anywhere in the building. The new crane will help builders at LNPP-2 to proceed with the rigging of large equipment – the reactor vessel, steam generators, compensator, main circulation piping and pumps.

After commissioning the circular crane will become an indispensable part of the reactor hall equipment and will be used for capital and planned repairs of the power unit, as well as during transportation of nuclear reactor fuel.