First unit of Belarus’ NPP to reach full capacity in Feb 2021 – Ambassador Semashko
<p> MINSK, Jun 10 - PrimePress. The 1at unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) will start operating at full capacity in February 2021, Ambassador of Belarus to the Russian Federation Vladimir Semashko said during an online conference on June 10. </p> <p> </p> <p> “Together with our colleagues from Rosatom we will set the date of the physical launch of the 1st power unit in a week. We plan that this unit will be 100% operational in February 2021,” said Semashko. </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>
2020-06-10
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MINSK, Jun 10 - PrimePress. The 1at unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) will start operating at full capacity in February 2021, Ambassador of Belarus to the Russian Federation Vladimir Semashko said during an online conference on June 10.
“Together with our colleagues from Rosatom we will set the date of the physical launch of the 1st power unit in a week. We plan that this unit will be 100% operational in February 2021,” said Semashko.
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