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NameCountryOwnerPurposeRiverReservoir capacity (m3x106)Construction datesDimensionsVolumeFacingsPlacementCementitious material
StartFinishHeightLengthRCCTotalUpstreamDownstreamSpillwayLayersLiftsCementPozzolan
ProjectRCCRCCProject(m)(m)(m3x103)(m3x103)SlopeTypeSlopeTypeSlopeType(m)(m)(kg/m3)(kg/m3)
Nam Theun 1LaosNam Theun 1 Power CompanyHNam Kading, aka Nam Theun300908/1501/1901/2208/2218777241412134320   (3')*  3003000 &
9000
100
130
130
120
(F)

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Details

Country: Laos

Owner: Nam Theun 1 Power Company

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Nam Kading, aka Nam Theun

Reservoir capacity: 3009 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 08/15

Start of RCC: 08/15

End of RCC: 01/22

End of Project: 08/22

Specifications

Height: 187 metres

Length: 772 metres

Volume of RCC: 4141213 m3x103

Total volume: 4320 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
 RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
3003000  &
 9000

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
100
130
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
130Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
120 
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