Nuclear fuel delivered to Belarus’ NPP
<p> MINSK, May 6 - PrimePress. Nuclear fuel for the first power unit of the Belarusian NPP arrived at the site of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) has been delivered to the plant, the Ministry of Energy of Belarus reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Ministry of Energy of Belarus reported on May 6 that a train with nuclear fuel for the first power unit of the NPP had arrived at the plant. In accordance with technical regulations, NPP specialists together with the general contractor (Atomstroyexport JSC) will accept the fuel produced at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant and conduct incoming inspection. Earlier, Energy Minister of Belarus Viktor Karankevich said that the start-up of the reactor plant of the first power unit of the NPP was scheduled for July 2020, and that the electricity supply to the national grid would begin in September-October 2020. </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>
2020-05-06
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Nuclear fuel delivered to Belarus’ NPP
MINSK, May 6 - PrimePress. Nuclear fuel for the first power unit of the Belarusian NPP arrived at the site of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) has been delivered to the plant, the Ministry of Energy of Belarus reports.
The Ministry of Energy of Belarus reported on May 6 that a train with nuclear fuel for the first power unit of the NPP had arrived at the plant. In accordance with technical regulations, NPP specialists together with the general contractor (Atomstroyexport JSC) will accept the fuel produced at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant and conduct incoming inspection. Earlier, Energy Minister of Belarus Viktor Karankevich said that the start-up of the reactor plant of the first power unit of the NPP was scheduled for July 2020, and that the electricity supply to the national grid would begin in September-October 2020.
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