UK-Russia Closed Nuclear Cities Partnership
United Kingdom - Russia
Closed Nuclear Cities Partnership


Seversk
Fly-ash products


Title

Prototype production of insulating material by the processing of fly-ash from the Seversk thermal power station.

Objectives

  • Develop economically efficient technologies for the production of various heat insulation materials from Seversk fly-ash.
  • Select the preferred technology for a plant at SCK, and prepare samples of the proposed material.
  • Undertake tests on the thermal and other properties of this material.
  • Prepare a brief of work for the construction of the required facility.

Summary

To develop the technology to use waste fly-ash from the coal-burning Seversk thermal power plant, in the manufacture of expanded silicate, mineral wool and other low-density non-flammable construction materials with good thermal insulation properties. This has two benefits:
  • It recycles a waste product from the Seversk thermal power plant which is currently dumped, with potentially harmful environmental effects. Recycling of this waste ash will become increasingly important when the proposed co-generation plant becomes operational, following the closure of the nuclear power station at Seversk.
  • It will enable the manufacture of materials with good sound and thermal insulation properties required by the local construction industry.

A range of technical and commercial options will be invesigated, and a decision made on the optimum specification for a plant to supply this market.

This work will be undertaken by SKC in collaboration with a number of University and Private Sector organizations in the Tomsk Region.

Cost

Total cost of the project is £280,478. The DTI is funding a contribution of £120,000.

Duration

12 months - starting January 2006.

Beneficiary

FSUE Siberian Chemical Kombinat (SCK), Seversk

Project Consultant

Christopher Watson, AEA Technology plc.

Project Director

Greg Kaser, HTSPE Ltd.

Project Manager

Nikolay Saltan, SCK

Partners\Subcontractors

None