OREANDA-NEWS. To date, all the planned works on the PIK RC site in Gatchina are successfully completed.

The main challenge that specialists of Holding Company TITAN-2 faced – the development of new facilities and renovation of existing buildings.

Since 2012 JSC CONCERN TITAN-2 acts as the general contractor in the construction and electrical works on the reconstruction of the Research Reactor Complex “PIK” of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute” in Gatchina town. 

The Holding subsidiaries (OJSC MSU-90, OJSC TEN, OJSC SEM, OJSC UAT, CJSC TITANVENTEKH) carried out a range of construction, installation and electrical works: laying monolithic concrete, installation of reinforcement and inserts parts, metal structures, concrete and reinforced concrete structures, waterproofing, flooring, roofing, wiring and piping. The work has been done in all buildings and structures of the complex. 

In 2013, all the construction of the 2nd and 3rd start-up complexes within the scope of the project “Reconstruction of the Research Reactor Complex “PIK” of FSBI PNPI” was successfully completed. Currently, various operations associated with the completion of the facility acceptance are carried out. After completing all the necessary procedures, a phased commissioning of accepted facilities is planned. 

Start of operation of the reactor is planned for 2019. In particular, implementation of investment projects is planned: modernization of engineering systems supporting the operation of the PIK reactor and its research stations; reconstruction of the laboratory of the PIK RC. In parallel with this, a series of measures is provided to improve the constructed facilities, process systems and utility infrastructure of the PIK RC in order to comply with the increased requirements for safety of nuclear plants, as well as to increase the attractiveness of the complex to the international scientific community, including with regard to the installation of the most modern equipment to conduct outstanding research. 

Background information: 

Research Reactor Complex “PIK” of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute” in Gatchina town – is one of the world's most powerful high-flux neutron sources intended for research in the physics of fundamental interactions, nuclear physics, condensed matter physics, materials science, molecular biophysics, isotope production. The facility is included in the program of the Government of the Russian Federation of world-class mega-plants creation in Russia.