First power unit of Belarus’ NPP may start providing electricity in Aug 2020 – Rosatom
<p> MINSK, Jun 8 - PrimePress. The 1st power unit of the Belarusian NPP (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) may start generating electricity in August 2020, says Mikhail Pinchuk, CEO of the Rosatom’s Energospetsmontazh PJSC. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Ministry of Energy of Belarus said earlier that the start-up of the reactor of the 1st power unit was scheduled for July 2020. </p> <p> </p> <p> Energospetsmontazh is involved in construction and installation works at various Rosatom facilities, including nuclear power plants outside Russia. </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, which are slated to be launched in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The Belarusian nuclear station’s design stems from the AES-2006 design developed by the St Petersburg-based institute Atomenergoproject, which is also the general contractor of the Belarusian project. End </p> <p> </p>
2020-06-09
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First power unit of Belarus’ NPP may start providing electricity in Aug 2020 – Rosatom
MINSK, Jun 8 - PrimePress. The 1st power unit of the Belarusian NPP (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) may start generating electricity in August 2020, says Mikhail Pinchuk, CEO of the Rosatom’s Energospetsmontazh PJSC.
The Ministry of Energy of Belarus said earlier that the start-up of the reactor of the 1st power unit was scheduled for July 2020.
Energospetsmontazh is involved in construction and installation works at various Rosatom facilities, including nuclear power plants outside Russia.
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, which are slated to be launched in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The Belarusian nuclear station’s design stems from the AES-2006 design developed by the St Petersburg-based institute Atomenergoproject, which is also the general contractor of the Belarusian project. End