Fuel to be loaded into first reactor of Belarus’ NPP starting from August – Semashko
<p> MINSK, Jun 29 - PrimePress. The loading of fuel into the reactor core will begin at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) in August 2020, says Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Energy Ministry of Belarus announced the start-up of the reactor of the 1st power unit in July 2020. The ministry said energy would be supplied to the national grid starting from September or October. Nuclear fuel for the first power unit was delivered to the construction site on May 6. The commissioning of the second power unit is scheduled for 2021. </p> <p> </p> <p> “We expect to begin loading the fuel into the first reactor in August. A physical launch will take place after that. It will be followed by a reactor power startup. The task is to get the first unit fully operational no later than Q1 2021,” BelTA state newswire quotes Semashko as saying. </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>
2020-06-30
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Fuel to be loaded into first reactor of Belarus’ NPP starting from August – Semashko
MINSK, Jun 29 - PrimePress. The loading of fuel into the reactor core will begin at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) in August 2020, says Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko.
The Energy Ministry of Belarus announced the start-up of the reactor of the 1st power unit in July 2020. The ministry said energy would be supplied to the national grid starting from September or October. Nuclear fuel for the first power unit was delivered to the construction site on May 6. The commissioning of the second power unit is scheduled for 2021.
“We expect to begin loading the fuel into the first reactor in August. A physical launch will take place after that. It will be followed by a reactor power startup. The task is to get the first unit fully operational no later than Q1 2021,” BelTA state newswire quotes Semashko as saying.
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