Belarus, Russia consider reprocessing of Astravyets NPP’s spent nuclear fuel – Karankevich
<p> MINSK, Jul 27 - PrimePress. Belarus and Russia are working on an intergovernmental agreement on the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel from the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), says Minister of Energy of Belarus Viktor Karankevich. </p> <p> </p> <p> “A separate intergovernmental agreement will establish specific terms for cooperation with our Russian partners in this area. Safety has been and remains a paramount priority,” the minister said in an interview with SB Belarus Today daily published on July 25SB. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Ministry of Energy said earlier that Belarus and Russia were planning on entering into an intergovernmental agreement on the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel from the Belarusian NPP this year. Deputy Energy Minister of Belarus Mikhail Mikhadyuk said in February 2020 that Belarus had received a Russian draft. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, resolution No.558 of the government of Belarus dated August 22, 2019 approved a spent nuclear fuel treatment strategy, according to which Belarus is going to spend up to $3.5 billion on the treatment of nuclear fuel used by the Belarusian NPP. </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>
2020-07-28
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Belarus, Russia consider reprocessing of Astravyets NPP’s spent nuclear fuel – Karankevich
MINSK, Jul 27 - PrimePress. Belarus and Russia are working on an intergovernmental agreement on the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel from the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), says Minister of Energy of Belarus Viktor Karankevich.
“A separate intergovernmental agreement will establish specific terms for cooperation with our Russian partners in this area. Safety has been and remains a paramount priority,” the minister said in an interview with SB Belarus Today daily published on July 25SB.
The Ministry of Energy said earlier that Belarus and Russia were planning on entering into an intergovernmental agreement on the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel from the Belarusian NPP this year. Deputy Energy Minister of Belarus Mikhail Mikhadyuk said in February 2020 that Belarus had received a Russian draft.
As previously reported, resolution No.558 of the government of Belarus dated August 22, 2019 approved a spent nuclear fuel treatment strategy, according to which Belarus is going to spend up to $3.5 billion on the treatment of nuclear fuel used by the Belarusian NPP.
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