Latina, Sogin completes the dismantling of the boilers hields of the reactor building
20 October 2020
Sogin has completed today the demolition of the shields of the steam generators (boilers) of the Latina nuclear power plant reactor building. This activity, which actually started the reactor building dismantling, concludes an important step for the decommissioning of the plant.
The shields were the six reinforced concrete structures that insulated from the outside the upper pipes, which connected the six boilers to the reactor building. Each shield was made up of two parts: an upper horizontal element, connected to the reactor building, weighing about 145 tons and a lower vertical element, coming out of the boilers, weighing about 50 tons.
For their removal, Sogin adopted a controlled demolition technique which involved cutting, by means of a diamond disc, at about 50 meters above the ground. Once cut, each block, weighing approximately 2 tons, was moved to the ground by a specially installed tower crane. Afterwards, the individual blocks have been transferred to an equipped area, in order to separate the iron from the concrete.
This engineering solution ensured maximum safety in the execution of the works and a minimal impact for the structures.
The activity produced a total of approximately 1,200 tons of material which, after appropriate radiometric checks, will be removed from the site and sent for recovery, as a part of the circular economy strategy pursued by Sogin.
The whole dismantling of the Latina plant will produce approximately 319 thousend tons of materials. Most of these, approximately 297 thousand tons (93%), mostly composed of metal and concrete, will be sent for recovery.
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