Start geological exploration of nuclear power projects

Nearly 100 workers and engineers yesterday started sea and land geological exploration drilling where the Ninh Thuan 1 Nuclear Power Plant is expected to be built.

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Exploration drilling sites are in Vinh Truong village, Phuoc Dinh commune, Thuan Nam district (Ninh Thuan).

Southern Surveying Enterprise, Power Construction Consulting Joint Stock Company 3 is the geological exploration and drilling construction unit. They transferred the entire rig and machinery to the scene from mid-January and finished installation. Currently, the locations of exploration drilling are operating continuously in the hot sun.

Area to select the location of drilling holes in the project area
Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant (Photo: Son Ninh)

According to the National Electricity Development Plan, Ninh Thuan 1 and 2 Nuclear Power Plant was started in December 2014 and completed in 2022 (in which power generation of two first units of two nuclear power plants multiply by the end of 2020). Nuclear power plants in Vietnam will build a third-generation reactor with passive safety characteristics. When a problem occurs, the plant will automatically handle the cooling by automatic mechanisms within 72 hours without human impact.

Mr. Phan Minh Tuan, deputy head of Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project Management Board, said that at the place on the sea, he would drill deep into the ocean floor more than 3,000m. This is the most difficult item in the survey work, in order to gather a full database of strata to serve the design consultancy, to select the exact location of the foundation of the nuclear power plant. Ninh Thuan 1's later.