Rosatom schedules reactor start-up works at Belarus nuke plant in early August
<p> MINSK, Jul 16 - PrimePress. Russia’s nuclear power corporation Rosatom plans to execute reactor start-up works at the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast) in Belarus at the beginning of August, Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachyov said in a video address to nuclear industry employees on July 16. </p> <p> </p> <p> “Concerning the main news about foreign construction sites, I will focus on Belarus, where we are proactively working to get a permit for physical launch. We hope that it will take place in the first days of August,” Likhachyov said. </p> <p> </p> <p> In his words, reactor power start-up at the BelNPP first unit may be effected by late 2020, while full-scale commercial operation of the unit is due in Q1 2021. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported on June 29 with reference to Belarus Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko, the loading of fuel into the reactor core of the BelNPP first unit will begin in August 2020. Previously, 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> 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 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. </p> <p> </p> <p> The launch of the first power unit was postponed from 2018 to 2019, then to Q3 2020; the second unit – due in 2021. End </p>
2020-07-17
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MINSK, Jul 16 - PrimePress. Russia’s nuclear power corporation Rosatom plans to execute reactor start-up works at the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast) in Belarus at the beginning of August, Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachyov said in a video address to nuclear industry employees on July 16.
“Concerning the main news about foreign construction sites, I will focus on Belarus, where we are proactively working to get a permit for physical launch. We hope that it will take place in the first days of August,” Likhachyov said.
In his words, reactor power start-up at the BelNPP first unit may be effected by late 2020, while full-scale commercial operation of the unit is due in Q1 2021.
As previously reported on June 29 with reference to Belarus Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko, the loading of fuel into the reactor core of the BelNPP first unit will begin in August 2020. Previously, 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.
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 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.
The launch of the first power unit was postponed from 2018 to 2019, then to Q3 2020; the second unit – due in 2021. End