Kursk II Nuclear Power Plant
Kursk II is a 2.5GW nuclear power plant (NPP) under construction in Kursk Oblast, Russia, to replace two ageing reactor units of the existing Kursk nuclear power station, which has been operational since 1976.
The Kursk II NPP will have 2 advanced pressurized water reactor (PWR) units, each with a capacity of 1.25GW. It will be the world's first nuclear power plant to use the VVER-TOI reactor design.
Construction on Kursk II units 1 and 2 began in April 2018 and April 2019, with completion scheduled for September 2023 and August 2024, respectively.
Dextra supplied 343,000 pieces of Bartec standard and transition couplers, as well as headed bars, for the construction of the reactor buildings.
Bartec is a full performance rebar splicing system designed for the connection of concrete reinforcing bars. Transition couplers were used to connect rebars of different sizes.
Headed bars are another well-known Dextra solution that provided the project with an alternative to a bonded straight or bent length of rebar for reinforcement anchorage.