BelNPP to get first unit connected to power grid again in coming days - Energy Ministry
<p> MINSK, Dec 11 - PrimePress. The Energy Ministry of Belarus plans to complete the start-up of the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast) in the coming days and get it connected to power grid again. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the Energy Ministry, more than 200 tests and surveys have been carried at the BelNPP first unit as part of the start-up operations. </p> <p> </p> <p> “This stage provides for the most important operational tests, including verification of compliance of physical parameters and characteristics of equipment and systems with the design in stationary and transitional modes of the power unit. The key tasks within the tests have been completed”, the Energy Ministry’s report says. </p> <p> </p> <p> After the start-up is completed, they will begin preparations for transition to the next stage - pilot operation. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant was shut down, ‘in accordance with the work schedule’ for testing systems and equipment till December 11, 2020. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the Dec 1 report by the press office of the Energy Ministry of Belarus, comprehensive tests at the first power unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant revealed that the lids of the steam noise absorbers needed an additional adjustment. </p> <p> </p> <p> The NPP management said on November 9 that the first unit’s turbine was stopped due to a malfunction of voltage transformers. The Energy Ministry of Belarus said on the same day that some electrical measuring equipment needed a replacement under the standard operating procedure. The NPP was reconnected to the national power grid on November 19. </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. According to presidential decree No.447 of November 30, 2020, the first power unit of the NPP will be put into commercial operation in 2021, the second power unit – in the first half of 2022. End </p>
2020-12-12
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MINSK, Dec 11 - PrimePress. The Energy Ministry of Belarus plans to complete the start-up of the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast) in the coming days and get it connected to power grid again.
According to the Energy Ministry, more than 200 tests and surveys have been carried at the BelNPP first unit as part of the start-up operations.
“This stage provides for the most important operational tests, including verification of compliance of physical parameters and characteristics of equipment and systems with the design in stationary and transitional modes of the power unit. The key tasks within the tests have been completed”, the Energy Ministry’s report says.
After the start-up is completed, they will begin preparations for transition to the next stage - pilot operation.
As previously reported, the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant was shut down, ‘in accordance with the work schedule’ for testing systems and equipment till December 11, 2020.
According to the Dec 1 report by the press office of the Energy Ministry of Belarus, comprehensive tests at the first power unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant revealed that the lids of the steam noise absorbers needed an additional adjustment.
The NPP management said on November 9 that the first unit’s turbine was stopped due to a malfunction of voltage transformers. The Energy Ministry of Belarus said on the same day that some electrical measuring equipment needed a replacement under the standard operating procedure. The NPP was reconnected to the national power grid on November 19.
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. According to presidential decree No.447 of November 30, 2020, the first power unit of the NPP will be put into commercial operation in 2021, the second power unit – in the first half of 2022. End