For this purpose, the pilot and demonstration energy complex (PDEC) "Proryv" with fast neutron reactor with lead coolant BREST-OD-300 is being built on the premises of the Siberian Chemical Combine. The complex shall demonstrate the steady operation of all the facilities that provide the closure of the fuel cycle. JSC CONCERN TITAN-2 acts as the General Contractor for construction of the PDEC.

The nuclear fuel fabrication/refabrication unit is the first facility of the pilot and demonstration energy complex “Proryv”. By the end of 2021, all the main process equipment was installed in the design position here, and the preparations for pre-commissioning started.

The integrated test run of the equipment of the fabrication /refabrication unit is planned to start in August 2022. The production lines testing is expected to take nine months. The unit is planned to be put into pilot industrial operation in the first half of 2024.

Source: JSC Siberian Chemical Combine

About Titan-2:

TITAN-2 Holding is a Russian group of companies that build nuclear power facilities. Branch organisations of the Holding run the full cycle of works ranging from development of design documentation for nuclear power facilities to their commissioning.

TITAN-2 Holding acts as the General Contractor for construction of the new power units of the Leningrad NPP. Organisations of the Holding perform all civil, installation, and electric installation works at the construction site.

The holding is the main contractor at the construction of the Hanhikivi 1 NPP in Finland and of the Akkuyu NPP in Turkey as part of the Russian-Turkish Joint Venture T2IC.