Russia to provide 600 trained specialists to operate Belarus’ NPP – Energy Ministry
<p> MINSK, Jul 22 - PrimePress. Russia has trained around 600 specialists who will operate the Belarusian NPP (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), 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> “Russia has trained around 600 specialists who will be directly engaged in the operation of the Belarusian NPP,” he said. </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
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MINSK, Jul 22 - PrimePress. Russia has trained around 600 specialists who will operate the Belarusian NPP (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), 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.
“Russia has trained around 600 specialists who will be directly engaged in the operation of the Belarusian NPP,” he said.
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