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Nakai, part of Nam Theun 2 HPP

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Nakai, part of Nam Theun 2 HPP completed
Nakai, part of Nam Theun 2 HPP completed

Particulars

Owner: Nam Theun Power Corporation (NTPC)/EdF (Electricitie de France)

Designer: EDF

Contractor: Italian Thai-Nishimatsu Construction Co. JV

Statistics

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

Reservoir capacity: 3530 m3x106

Height: 39 metres

Length: 436 metres

Volume of RCC: 150 m3x103

Total volume: 207 m3x103

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/04 (April 2004)

Start of RCC: 03/06 (March 2006)

End of RCC: 10/07 (October 2007)

End of Project: 10/09 (October 2009)

Country: Laos

River: Nam Theun

DMS Co-ordinates: 17˚59'50.25"N, 104˚57'8.82"E

DD Co-ordinates: 17.997292, 104.952454

Facings

Upstream

SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

SlopeType
0.35RCC against precast concrete blocks
0.75 

Spillway

SlopeType
0.75Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
100
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
100Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)