NSC Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

The New Safe Confinement (NSC) is the structure intended to contain radioactive leaks from Chernobyl Nuclear Plant no.4 Reactor, part of which was destroyed during the plant failure in 1986. The Steel Fabricator Cimolai Contract included the design, production and construction of the main and secondary steel structures of the shelter.
Incide Engineering supported the Cimolai technical office in the following activities:
- Calculation of nodal connections of East and West walls
- Structural Calculation of openable walls during positioning (Tilting panels)
- Check lifting equipment (trolleys, strain jack, special devices)
- Verification of secondary structures (leaded internal gangways, 96m external staircase, external platforms for lifting winches tilting panel (winch).
YEAR:
2013 - 2015
OWNER:
Commission of European Communities ‐ Government of Ukraine
CLIENT:
Cimolai S.p.A.
ARCHITECT:
Cimolai S.p.A.
LOCATION:
Novarka - Vinci - Bouygues
MARKET:
Industrial Plants
SERVICES:
Structural engineering - East and West Wall, Nodal Connections and Lifting Equipment Design