On July 6, 2021, the Standing Administrative Board of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to consider complaints about violations of legislation in the field of public procurement made a decision in favor of JSC “Turboatom”.
According to this decision, the board obliged the SE “NNEGC "ENERGOATOM” to cancel the decision on admission to the auction of the tender offer of Costruzioni Meccaniche Menegazzi on the procedure for purchasing the moving blades of the K-1000-60/3000 turbine for Unit 3 of South Ukrainian NPP.
JSC “Turboatom” submitted a proposal to the announced public tender for the purchase of 2 rows of moving blades of 5 stages of the low-pressure rotor of K-1000-60/3000 turbine of Unit No. 3 of South-Ukrainian NPP with their manufacture according to its own drawings and improved design of blades from titanium alloy.
The production of such blades at “Turboatom” was first mastered in 2014-2015 at the request of the management of SE “NNEGC “Energoatom” within the framework of the state import substitution program. “Turboatom” provided replacement of blades at Khmelnitsky NPP already during PPM-2015. The new design of blades provides increased durability and reliability in operation and increased service life of 160 thousand hours compared to 110 thousand hours of blades of the old design of imported origin.
Currently, 19 rows of moving blades made of titanium alloy produced by JSC “Turboatom” are in successful operation at 5 operating units of Ukrainian NPPs with turbines that were previously manufactured by “Power Machines” (RF). In total, there are 40 rows of blades of 5 stages installed in 5 turbines, so it will be necessary to make 21 more rows of similar blades for piecemeal replacement. JSC “Turboatom” has all the technical and production capabilities to manufacture the specified blades with high quality and within the required time frame without attracting import supplies.