Second unit of Belarus’ nuke plant 95% ready – Energy Ministry
<p> MINSK, Dec 20 - PrimePress. The level of readiness of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast) stands at 95%, Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich said on 20 December. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The readiness of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant is at 95%. Work is in progress to enable the necessary conditions that will allow the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor) to authorize the loading of nuclear fuel into the reactor core. The work is supposed to be finished within the next few days,” the press-service of the Energy Ministry reports citing Karankevich as saying. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, on 26 Nov 2021 an interagency commission signed the readiness certificate of the complex of physical protection engineering facilities of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. In line with the established procedure interior troops of the Belarusian Internal Affairs Ministry were deployed to guard the second unit of the nuclear power plant, which is a mandatory condition for preparing the unit for the physical launch stage. </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 was put into commercial operation on 10 June 2021, the second power unit – due in H1 2022. End </p>
2021-12-21
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Second unit of Belarus’ nuke plant 95% ready – Energy Ministry
MINSK, Dec 20 - PrimePress. The level of readiness of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast) stands at 95%, Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich said on 20 December.
“The readiness of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant is at 95%. Work is in progress to enable the necessary conditions that will allow the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor) to authorize the loading of nuclear fuel into the reactor core. The work is supposed to be finished within the next few days,” the press-service of the Energy Ministry reports citing Karankevich as saying.
As previously reported, on 26 Nov 2021 an interagency commission signed the readiness certificate of the complex of physical protection engineering facilities of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. In line with the established procedure interior troops of the Belarusian Internal Affairs Ministry were deployed to guard the second unit of the nuclear power plant, which is a mandatory condition for preparing the unit for the physical launch stage.
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 was put into commercial operation on 10 June 2021, the second power unit – due in H1 2022. End