High-mast lighting poles by AMIRA company in Africa

AMIRA expands the geography of supplies. The lightning diverters based on high lighting masts with stationary service area (VGN series) are installed on the territory of a nuclear power plant under construction in Egypt, 350 kilometers from Cairo.

The El-Dabaa NPP is the first nuclear power plant in Egypt. At the moment, the construction of all four power units for Russian reactor installations of the “3+” generation has begun. The work is being carried out by the Rosatom State Corporation. After commissioning, in 2030, the NPP will provide about 10% of Egypt’s energy consumption.

For AMIRA, this is the first project in Africa, but it is far from the first in the field of supply to nuclear facilities. For nuclear power plants, the company’s specialists have developed and manufactured high-mast lighting poles with a stationary crown and a lightning rod of the VGN series. Similar structures are often used for lighting and lightning protection of industrial facilities. The structure of the overhead line mast consists of several metal sections connected to each other by means of a telescopic tensioning connection. Each section is made of sheet steel, which is bent on a press. Due to the stiffening ribs created in this way, the sections fit snugly together. Such a connection ensures the necessary integrity and stability of the structure to design loads.   

Various AMIRA equipment is used at nuclear power plants. In addition to lightning diverters based on high lighting masts with stationary service area VGN series, lighting masts with a moving frame and stationaryservice area of the VMO and VMON series, lighting poles, including folding ones, LED floodlights of the Amira-GigaTera series, etc. are installed.

Among the projects for which AMIRA Group products were supplied: Ruppur NPP, Bangladesh, Balakovo NPP, Beloyarsk NPP, Volgodonsk NPP, Voronezh NPP, Kursk NPP-2, Leningrad NPP and Leningrad NPP-2, Novovoronezh NPP, etc in Russian Federation.

We are confident that the VGN series masts will last a long time at the new nuclear power plant.