Nuclep makes important advances in the prototype of a Brazilian nuclear submarine, where documentation and some equipment were delivered to the Navy, which is of paramount importance for the project to work.
Last Friday (01/07), Nuclebrás Equipamentos Pesados SA (Nuclep) completed the documentation on new deliveries of equipment for the project from the Nucleoelectric Power Generation Laboratory (Labgene), the new equipment delivered is considered strategic and very important for the Brazilian Nuclear Submarine prototype. The documents and materials were handed over to the Brazilian Navy.
Nuclep confirms that the supply of equipment for the Brazilian Nuclear Submarine has been completed
According to Nuclep, the company concluded an important part of the supply contract for new equipment. The delivery was consolidated with the delivery of the so-called databooks — books with several documents that point out the history of execution of a service — of six vessels of the Emergency Cooling System, being two heat exchangers (TC1 and TC2), two accumulator vessels (VP3 and VP4) and two flood tanks (VP5 and VP6).
The note was accompanied by photos and, with that, the company claims to have completed an important part of Nuclep with the Navy's Nuclear and Technological Development Board (DDNM) and the Navy's Technological Center in São Paulo (CTMSP). In this sense, the state-owned company also highlighted the commitment and dedication of all employees involved in delivering the project.
It is worth remembering that Nuclep is responsible for manufacturing Block 40 at Labgene, which is the section where the laboratory's nuclear reactor will be installed. In this way, the equipment supplied by the state-owned company is extremely important for safety during the operation of the reactor, since the new materials have the function of emergency cooling, the well-known six vessels.
Nuclep is one of the largest, most important and strategic industries of heavy equipment, unique and differentiated materials in Brazil. The state-owned company is so grand that it impresses the world with its production and dedication in providing equipment.
Understand what Labgene is and see how it works
The Labgene project, a laboratory for generating nuclear energy, is the prototype on land in the real scale of propulsion — movement created from a force responsible for giving impulse — which should equip the future Brazilian nuclear submarine, called Álvaro Alberto.
Labgene is a system divided into segments where the reactor — the most important part and located in Block 40 — produces thermal energy that will heat a fluid in a closed circuit. With this, the energy generated will be transferred to the vessels of the Cooling System, the heat exchangers and the steam generators that will produce high pressure steam and will be responsible for turning the submarine's turbines.
The prototype is made up of numerous blocks limited by the same dimensions and will have a resistant hull similar to the submarine. According to the Brazilian Navy, the new reactor will be able to generate around 48 megawatts of thermal power.
In this way, this power generated in the process carried out by Labgene will provide electrical energy both for the propulsion and for the various other systems that will be on board. Still according to the Navy, the energy described would be enough, for example, to supply a city with 20 thousand inhabitants.
It is also important to highlight that the partnership between the Navy and the Industries further leverage the production of nuclear fuel for the operation of Labgene, they have mutual cooperation in the development of technological and productive processes in relation to the nuclear system.
