Second reactor of Belarus’ NPP flushed, cleansed
<p> MINSK, Jun 17 - PrimePress. Passive and active safeguards of the open reactor of the second power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) are being flushed with water, the press office of the Russian state nuclear industry corporation Rosatom reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> “This is one of the most important, strictly regulated operations, during which chemically demineralized water is used to flush and cleanse the installed equipment and pipes of the safeguards and the normal operation systems, which are connected to the primary circuit of the reactor unit. The capacity of the pumps of the safeguard systems and the normal operation systems is checked,” reads the report. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The beginning of the flushing and cleansing of the equipment and the pipes of the passive and active safeguards and the normal operation systems represents the beginning of preparations for hydraulic trials and circulation flushing of the primary circuit of the reactor unit of the second power-generating unit, ASE Vice President, Director of the Belarusian nuclear power plant construction project Vitaly Polyanin says, “The beginning of the process indicates that the technological systems are ready for full-scale startup and commissioning operations.” </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>
2020-06-18
Primepress
Second reactor of Belarus’ NPP flushed, cleansed
MINSK, Jun 17 - PrimePress. Passive and active safeguards of the open reactor of the second power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) are being flushed with water, the press office of the Russian state nuclear industry corporation Rosatom reports.
“This is one of the most important, strictly regulated operations, during which chemically demineralized water is used to flush and cleanse the installed equipment and pipes of the safeguards and the normal operation systems, which are connected to the primary circuit of the reactor unit. The capacity of the pumps of the safeguard systems and the normal operation systems is checked,” reads the report.
“The beginning of the flushing and cleansing of the equipment and the pipes of the passive and active safeguards and the normal operation systems represents the beginning of preparations for hydraulic trials and circulation flushing of the primary circuit of the reactor unit of the second power-generating unit, ASE Vice President, Director of the Belarusian nuclear power plant construction project Vitaly Polyanin says, “The beginning of the process indicates that the technological systems are ready for full-scale startup and commissioning operations.”
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