Belarus to host IAEA’s Integrated Regulatory Review Service mission on 5-13 December
<p> MINSK, Oct 6 - PrimePress. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s post-mission of the Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) will work in Belarus on 5-13 December. </p> <p> Natalya Danilenko, Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor), made an announcement to this effect at a press-conference on 6 October. </p> <p> </p> <p> “We’ve already started preparations for the post-mission. We’ve prepared a self-evaluation, put together a package of materials and sent it to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The experts are expected to visit Belarus on 5-13 December. The team will be led by a representative of the Swiss regulatory agency,” said Danilenko. </p> <p> </p> <p> In her words, the experts are not going to evaluate thematic modules of the regulation system anew. They will evaluate and see how much progress Belarus has secured in fulfilling recommendations of the previous mission. They will also look at how measures specified by the national action plan are being realized. </p> <p> </p> <p> By late 2021, Belarus plans to receive two follow-up missions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by the end of the year, which will review the progress secured in the development of the regulatory infrastructure and operational safety. </p> <p> </p> <p> The first mission of the Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) is due at the BelNPP site as early as Oct 2021. </p> <p> </p> <p> Experts of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) visited the Belarusian nuclear power plant in early September as part of a peer review of the national action plan, which was put together as a result of stress tests of the nuclear power plant. The experts mentioned considerable progress in fulfilling recommendations based on results of the stress tests and in realizing the national action plan based on the stress tests. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Oblast 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. 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. The ceremony of the official launch of the NPP took place in early November 2020. The first power unit of the NPP was put into commercial operation on 10 June 2021, the second power unit – due in H1 2022. End </p>
2021-10-07
Primepress
Belarus to host IAEA’s Integrated Regulatory Review Service mission on 5-13 December
MINSK, Oct 6 - PrimePress. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s post-mission of the Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) will work in Belarus on 5-13 December.
Natalya Danilenko, Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor), made an announcement to this effect at a press-conference on 6 October.
“We’ve already started preparations for the post-mission. We’ve prepared a self-evaluation, put together a package of materials and sent it to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The experts are expected to visit Belarus on 5-13 December. The team will be led by a representative of the Swiss regulatory agency,” said Danilenko.
In her words, the experts are not going to evaluate thematic modules of the regulation system anew. They will evaluate and see how much progress Belarus has secured in fulfilling recommendations of the previous mission. They will also look at how measures specified by the national action plan are being realized.
By late 2021, Belarus plans to receive two follow-up missions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by the end of the year, which will review the progress secured in the development of the regulatory infrastructure and operational safety.
The first mission of the Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) is due at the BelNPP site as early as Oct 2021.
Experts of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) visited the Belarusian nuclear power plant in early September as part of a peer review of the national action plan, which was put together as a result of stress tests of the nuclear power plant. The experts mentioned considerable progress in fulfilling recommendations based on results of the stress tests and in realizing the national action plan based on the stress tests.
Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Oblast 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. 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. The ceremony of the official launch of the NPP took place in early November 2020. The first power unit of the NPP was put into commercial operation on 10 June 2021, the second power unit – due in H1 2022. End