Designing Works of Cargo Transportation Routes for the Construction of the New NPP in Lithuania Launched

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Published: 2010-03-31

Vilnius, 31 March. The works of designing heavyweight and extra large cargo transportation routes for the construction of the new Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Lithuania have been launched. They will be accomplished by autumn by the consortium of enterprises, consisting of the State Enterprise Transport and Road Research Institute and UAB “Kelprojektas”, the winner of the international public tender.

The first stage of the Transportation Study, carried out last year, established and evaluated the potential routes and modes of transportation of heavyweight and extra large cargo from the Klaipėda Seaport to the construction sites of Visaginas NPP, and identified the sections of transportation routes that require reconstruction.

“Already this year, we will have to prepare project proposals concerning almost 40 engineering structures – bridges, overpasses, underpasses, new roads and separate reconstructed sections. They will be used when drawing up the Special Communication Plan, which is an integral part of this year’s Implementation Plan of the Priorities of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania,” says Tadas Matulionis, Project Management Director of “Visagino atominė elektrinė”. According to him, while developing such a large project as the construction of a new NPP, it is particularly important to ensure high quality and timely performance of all works.

Heavyweight (up to 1033 t) and extra large (exceeding 20 m in length and 4–9 m in height and width) cargo as well as any other cargo, construction modules and materials will be intensively transported during the entire period of the construction of the nuclear power plant, i.e. for approximately 5–6 years.

Specialists claim that the situation of transporting cargo during the construction of the old Ignalina NPP was not that relevant, since most facilities were assembled and mounted on the site. Meanwhile, the present manufacturers of nuclear technologies keep to the international safety standards and assemble complex modules in specialised laboratories.

Seeking to ensure the quality of the Transportation Study, the company “Visagino atominė elektrinė” undertook the initiative to set up the Supervisory Committee consisting of the specialists from the Ministry of Transport and Communications and institutions within its competence: the State Road Transport Inspectorate, the Lithuanian Road Administration, SC Lithuanian Railways, the State Enterprise Inland Waterways Administration, and the State Enterprise Klaipėda State Seaport Authority.

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