Belarus’ NPP to cover 40% of domestic electricity consumption – Energy Ministry
<p> MINSK, Jul 22 - PrimePress. The Belarusian NPP (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) will cover 40% of the domestic electricity consumption, Vasily Polyukhovich, Director of the Department for Nuclear Energy of the Ministry of Energy of Belarus, said during the online conference held on July 22. </p> <p> </p> <p> “Belarus will soon join the club of economies that possess nuclear energy. This is a qualitative change in our energy system. The nuclear-fueled energy source will cover 40% of the domestic electricity consumption,” BelTA state newswire quotes Polyukhovich as saying. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Belarusian Energy Ministry said earlier that the first power unit was expected to begin supplying electricity to the national grid in September or October 2020. </p> <p> </p> <p> Polyukhovich confirmed the plan to start loading nuclear fuel into the first power unit of the NPP in August. Construction and installation works at the first power unit were completed by 98% and the works at the second unit by 72%. </p> <p> </p> <p> Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev said on July 16 that Rosatom expected to start up the reactor of the first power unit of the Belarusian NPP in early August 2020, and the power startup of the first power unit would, possibly, take place before 2021. Its industrial operation will begin in the first quarter of 2021 </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>
2020-07-23
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Belarus’ NPP to cover 40% of domestic electricity consumption – Energy Ministry
MINSK, Jul 22 - PrimePress. The Belarusian NPP (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) will cover 40% of the domestic electricity consumption, Vasily Polyukhovich, Director of the Department for Nuclear Energy of the Ministry of Energy of Belarus, said during the online conference held on July 22.
“Belarus will soon join the club of economies that possess nuclear energy. This is a qualitative change in our energy system. The nuclear-fueled energy source will cover 40% of the domestic electricity consumption,” BelTA state newswire quotes Polyukhovich as saying.
The Belarusian Energy Ministry said earlier that the first power unit was expected to begin supplying electricity to the national grid in September or October 2020.
Polyukhovich confirmed the plan to start loading nuclear fuel into the first power unit of the NPP in August. Construction and installation works at the first power unit were completed by 98% and the works at the second unit by 72%.
Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev said on July 16 that Rosatom expected to start up the reactor of the first power unit of the Belarusian NPP in early August 2020, and the power startup of the first power unit would, possibly, take place before 2021. Its industrial operation will begin in the first quarter of 2021
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