European experts to visit Belarus’ NPP construction site Dec 16-18, 2020
<p> MINSK, Dec 15 - PrimePress. Experts of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) will visit the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) on December 16-18, 2020 to review the national action plan after the stress tests conducted in 2018, the Belarusian Energy Ministry reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> The group headed by Director General of the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland Petteri Tiippana is formed of experts of Belgium, Austria, Germany, and Ukraine. </p> <p> </p> <p> ENSREG examined the results of stress tests at Belarus’ NPP in 2017-2018. No safety deficiencies (non-compliance with the requirements of Belarusian regulations based on the IAEA safety standards) were detected. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus voluntarily carried out the stress tests according to the European Union’s procedure. Based on the findings, experts made several recommendations on the margin of safety in excess of that required by normative acts and safety standards. The mission’s findings served as a basis for Belarus’ national action plan that comprises 23 measures with deadlines for the period from 2019 to 2025. Some of the recommendations have already been implemented, including those related to additional safety systems and equipment. </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>
2020-12-16
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MINSK, Dec 15 - PrimePress. Experts of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) will visit the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) on December 16-18, 2020 to review the national action plan after the stress tests conducted in 2018, the Belarusian Energy Ministry reports.
The group headed by Director General of the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland Petteri Tiippana is formed of experts of Belgium, Austria, Germany, and Ukraine.
ENSREG examined the results of stress tests at Belarus’ NPP in 2017-2018. No safety deficiencies (non-compliance with the requirements of Belarusian regulations based on the IAEA safety standards) were detected.
Belarus voluntarily carried out the stress tests according to the European Union’s procedure. Based on the findings, experts made several recommendations on the margin of safety in excess of that required by normative acts and safety standards. The mission’s findings served as a basis for Belarus’ national action plan that comprises 23 measures with deadlines for the period from 2019 to 2025. Some of the recommendations have already been implemented, including those related to additional safety systems and equipment.
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