First power unit of Belarus’ NPP to be fully put into commercial operation in 2021 – Energy Ministry
<p> MINSK, Jul 27 - PrimePress. Installation and start-up works required for the physical launch of the first power unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) are nearing completion. The NPP is expected to be put into full commercial operation in the first quarter of 2021, says Minister of Energy of Belarus Viktor Karankevich. </p> <p> </p> <p> “At this stage, 163 assemblies with nuclear fuel will be loaded into the reactor,” the minister said in an interview with SB Belarus Today daily published on July 25. </p> <p> </p> <p> “Startup and commissioning operations are being completed. This is required for the physical launch of the first unit. At this stage, 163 fuel rod arrays will be placed into the reactor and the reactor unit will gradually reach the design capacity. The reactor power startup will begin after that. The first kilowatt-hours of electricity will be supplied to the national power grid. Test operation will follow. The unit is supposed to be fully commissioned in the first quarter of 2021,” the minister said. </p> <p> </p> <p> Meanwhile, works continue to integrate the NPP into the national power grid. Rapid-response energy sources that will serve as backup or will be used during peak hours with the total output capacity of 800 MW are being commissioned together with electric boilers of heating plants, 916 MW in the total capacity; 1,700 km of high-voltage power lines have been constructed or reconstructed to deliver electricity from the NPP to any part of the country. </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> <p> </p>
2020-07-28
Primepress
MINSK, Jul 27 - PrimePress. Installation and start-up works required for the physical launch of the first power unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) are nearing completion. The NPP is expected to be put into full commercial operation in the first quarter of 2021, says Minister of Energy of Belarus Viktor Karankevich.
“At this stage, 163 assemblies with nuclear fuel will be loaded into the reactor,” the minister said in an interview with SB Belarus Today daily published on July 25.
“Startup and commissioning operations are being completed. This is required for the physical launch of the first unit. At this stage, 163 fuel rod arrays will be placed into the reactor and the reactor unit will gradually reach the design capacity. The reactor power startup will begin after that. The first kilowatt-hours of electricity will be supplied to the national power grid. Test operation will follow. The unit is supposed to be fully commissioned in the first quarter of 2021,” the minister said.
Meanwhile, works continue to integrate the NPP into the national power grid. Rapid-response energy sources that will serve as backup or will be used during peak hours with the total output capacity of 800 MW are being commissioned together with electric boilers of heating plants, 916 MW in the total capacity; 1,700 km of high-voltage power lines have been constructed or reconstructed to deliver electricity from the NPP to any part of the country.
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