Fueling of first unit of Belarus’ NPP to begin in August – Energy Ministry
<p> MINSK, Jul 22 - PrimePress. The start of the loading of nuclear fuel into the reactor of the first power unit of the Belarusian NPP (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) is scheduled for August 2020, Vasily Polyukhovich, Director of the Department for Nuclear Energy of the Ministry of Energy of Belarus, said during the online conference held on July 22. </p> <p> </p> <p> “We plan to begin loading nuclear fuel into the reactor in August and proceed to the physical startup,” Polyukhovich said. </p> <p> </p> <p> He said the construction and installation work at the first power unit were completed by 98%. Nuclear fuel was delivered to the construction site in May 2020 and placed in a storage facility. The works at the second unit have been completed by 72%. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarusian contractors reported the completion of their scope of works by 51%. Belarusian specialists have performed about 70% of general construction and installation works. </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>
2020-07-23
Primepress
Fueling of first unit of Belarus’ NPP to begin in August – Energy Ministry
MINSK, Jul 22 - PrimePress. The start of the loading of nuclear fuel into the reactor of the first power unit of the Belarusian NPP (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) is scheduled for August 2020, Vasily Polyukhovich, Director of the Department for Nuclear Energy of the Ministry of Energy of Belarus, said during the online conference held on July 22.
“We plan to begin loading nuclear fuel into the reactor in August and proceed to the physical startup,” Polyukhovich said.
He said the construction and installation work at the first power unit were completed by 98%. Nuclear fuel was delivered to the construction site in May 2020 and placed in a storage facility. The works at the second unit have been completed by 72%.
Belarusian contractors reported the completion of their scope of works by 51%. Belarusian specialists have performed about 70% of general construction and installation works.
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