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    L&T constructed the first inner containment dome liner for a nuclear power plant in India as a single 355 tonne unit. Over four months, a team from L&T meticulously welded together 53 steel panels to form the unique dome shape within a tolerance of only 18 mm. They then lifted and positioned the dome in two hours atop the containment wall. The dome measures 47 meters in diameter and sets a new standard for modular construction with huge savings in costs and time. The country's nuclear regulatory body praised the construction feat.

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    L&T constructed the first inner containment dome liner for a nuclear power plant in India as a single 355 tonne unit. Over four months, a team from L&T meticulously welded together 53 steel panels to form the unique dome shape within a tolerance of only 18 mm. They then lifted and positioned the dome in two hours atop the containment wall. The dome measures 47 meters in diameter and sets a new standard for modular construction with huge savings in costs and time. The country's nuclear regulatory body praised the construction feat.

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    Project News

    L&T creates history in nuclear construction


    Erects Indias first-of-its-kind inner containment dome liner

    Taking a giant leap towards modularization in


    construction methodologies, L&Ts Heavy Civil
    Infrastructure IC team at Kakrapar Atomic
    Power Plant lifted to position and installed a
    355 t Inner Containment (IC) dome liner as a
    single unit.

    9th June was a red letter day for L&T-ites at


    Kakrapar as they witnessed history being
    created with the momentous lifting of the IC
    dome structure that they had meticulously and
    painstakingly built over the past four months.
    Experts feel that this could well be one of the
    firsts in the world considering the unique
    geometry of the dome and the provision of

    Project News
    large openings that further complicated the
    lifting process.
    The gigantic, 355 t circular steel structure that
    was supported on the ground by trestles,
    comprised 53 individual panels of varying
    geometries

    that

    were

    precision

    welded

    together in sequence to achieve a distortion


    tolerance of only 18 mm. The team completed
    a whopping 53 km of welding to piece the
    structure together to form a unique torispherical shape brought about by the two
    dimensional bending of the backing members.
    18 lifting lugs were integrated and special
    lifting tools & tackles, 55 t bow shackles and
    45 t turn buckles used to smoothly lift the
    dome. The imported bow shackles with special
    in-built load cell arrangements and telemetric
    monitoring

    of

    the

    load

    cells

    ensured

    uniformity of loads on all the slings. The


    profile and elevation of the structure was
    maintained using the support of 106 t heavy
    duty towers along with specially fabricated
    timber packing. The main component for
    lifting however was a specially fabricated 12.5
    t evener beam that was heat treated to release
    stresses and was tested using 1.25 times the
    actual load.
    The IC dome structure included a pair of large
    openings for steam generators that warranted
    a 54 t special supporting trestle of 19.2 m

    Project News
    height. With only 200 mm clearance to work

    the team achieved 6 mm tolerance at the

    with, team L&T lifted and placed the trestle in

    centre of the dome as against the permissible

    position between the pair of steam generators

    30 mm. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

    that were ready to bear the load of the IC

    (AERB), one of the toughest regulatory bodies

    dome when placed atop the IC wall.

    of the country, complimented the feat by

    The iconic dome structure that measures 47 m


    diameter and 8.25 m in height does not
    require

    the

    conventional

    steel

    support

    stating that they were unable to differentiate


    between the 3D model of the dome liner and
    the actual one created by L&T.

    assembly leading to huge savings in the

    This feat comes as the crowning glory to this

    quantity of structural steel used apart from

    exceptional

    savings in cost and construction time.

    already set several benchmarks including the

    Beginning at 5.45 am, the process of lifting


    and placing the IC dome structure atop the
    inner containment wall onto the waiting 144
    stools took 2 hours. The alignment and
    anchoring took another 3 hours after which
    the crane was released. It is commendable that

    team

    at

    Kakrapar

    which

    has

    modular erection of a pre-fabricated ring liner


    (PRL)

    for

    consecutive

    the

    inner

    RoSPA

    containment
    Gold

    Medals

    wall,

    and

    consecutive Sarvasreshta Suraksha Puraskar


    from National Safety Council of India for their
    impeccable safety records.

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