Belarus due to start loading nuclear fuel into reactor of first power unit of Astravyets nuke plant on Aug 7 - Energy Ministry
<p> MINSK, Aug 6 - PrimePress. The loading of nuclear fuel into the reactor core of the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) will begin on Aug 7, reads a message posted on the telegram channel of Belarus’ Energy Ministry. </p> <p> </p> <p> “On Aug 7, 2020 the loading of nuclear fuel into the reactor core of the BelNPP first power unit will begin. This is one of the stages of the process of putting the power unit into operation. A total of 163 fuel assemblies with nuclear fuel will be loaded into the reactor in August,” reads the report. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the press-service of the Energy Ministry, the physical start-up of the first BelNPP unit will soon begin. </p> <p> </p> <p> Physical start-up is the beginning of a controlled self-contained nuclear chain reaction in the reactor core and the output of the reactor unit to a minimum power level sufficient to control the chain reaction. After that the power of the reactor plant will gradually increase. This is one of the key stages of the project to put the unit into operation, during which the reliability and safety of its operation on design parameters is confirmed. </p> <p> </p> <p> Then the power start-up phase will begin, where the unit will start to generate electricity and supply it to the grid. This is expected to happen in the autumn of 2020. Then, there will be a pilot operation of the power unit, which will gradually reach its designed capacity. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Region also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts. The AES-2006 Russian standard design of (generation 3+) was chosen for its construction. The startup of the first power unit was postponed from 2018 to 2019 and then to the third quarter of 2020. The second unit is expected to be launched in 2021. Rosatom’s division Atomstroyexport acts as the general contractor for the NPP construction. The Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant RUE is the project customer and the future operator of the NPP. End </p>
2020-08-07
Primepress
MINSK, Aug 6 - PrimePress. The loading of nuclear fuel into the reactor core of the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) will begin on Aug 7, reads a message posted on the telegram channel of Belarus’ Energy Ministry.
“On Aug 7, 2020 the loading of nuclear fuel into the reactor core of the BelNPP first power unit will begin. This is one of the stages of the process of putting the power unit into operation. A total of 163 fuel assemblies with nuclear fuel will be loaded into the reactor in August,” reads the report.
According to the press-service of the Energy Ministry, the physical start-up of the first BelNPP unit will soon begin.
Physical start-up is the beginning of a controlled self-contained nuclear chain reaction in the reactor core and the output of the reactor unit to a minimum power level sufficient to control the chain reaction. After that the power of the reactor plant will gradually increase. This is one of the key stages of the project to put the unit into operation, during which the reliability and safety of its operation on design parameters is confirmed.
Then the power start-up phase will begin, where the unit will start to generate electricity and supply it to the grid. This is expected to happen in the autumn of 2020. Then, there will be a pilot operation of the power unit, which will gradually reach its designed capacity.
Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Region also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts. The AES-2006 Russian standard design of (generation 3+) was chosen for its construction. The startup of the first power unit was postponed from 2018 to 2019 and then to the third quarter of 2020. The second unit is expected to be launched in 2021. Rosatom’s division Atomstroyexport acts as the general contractor for the NPP construction. The Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant RUE is the project customer and the future operator of the NPP. End