Nuclear fuel for BelNPP Unit 2 delivered – Energy Ministry
<p> MINSK, Apr 19 - PrimePress. Nuclear fuel for the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast) was delivered to the construction site on 19 Apr 2021, the Energy Ministry of Belarus said in a press statement. </p> <p> </p> <p> The fuel assemblies will be kept in the fresh nuclear fuel storage facility until they are loaded into the reactor of BelNPP Unit 2. </p> <p> </p> <p> Deputy Energy Minister Mikhail Mikhadiuk reported on April 2, the BelNPP second unit was 80% ready. He reminded that in March 2021, dummy fuel assemblies were loaded to the reactor core of Unit 2. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Oblast 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. 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. The ceremony of the official launch of the NPP took place in early November 2020. The first power unit of the NPP is expected to be put into commercial operation in 2021, the second power unit – in 2022. End </p>
2021-04-20
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Nuclear fuel for BelNPP Unit 2 delivered – Energy Ministry
MINSK, Apr 19 - PrimePress. Nuclear fuel for the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast) was delivered to the construction site on 19 Apr 2021, the Energy Ministry of Belarus said in a press statement.
The fuel assemblies will be kept in the fresh nuclear fuel storage facility until they are loaded into the reactor of BelNPP Unit 2.
Deputy Energy Minister Mikhail Mikhadiuk reported on April 2, the BelNPP second unit was 80% ready. He reminded that in March 2021, dummy fuel assemblies were loaded to the reactor core of Unit 2.
Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Oblast 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. 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. The ceremony of the official launch of the NPP took place in early November 2020. The first power unit of the NPP is expected to be put into commercial operation in 2021, the second power unit – in 2022. End