Suspension of electricity generation at Belarus’ NPP poses no safety threat – Gosatomnadzor
<p> MINSK, Nov 10 - PrimePress. The suspension of electricity output at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) does not affect nuclear and radiation safety, says Oleg Sobolev, consultant for the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus (Gosatomnadzor). </p> <p> </p> <p> “There has been information that they [Belarus’ NPP] stopped generating electricity, but this has no effect on nuclear and radiation safety,” RIA Novosti quotes Sobolev as saying. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, the Belarusian NPP suspended electricity generation. Media reported on November 9, 2020 that a turbine at the first power unit was shut down due to a voltage transformers failure. </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 first power unit was launched on November 3, 2020. It is expected to be put into commercial operation in February 2021; the second unit – in May 2022. End </p>
2020-11-11
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Suspension of electricity generation at Belarus’ NPP poses no safety threat – Gosatomnadzor
MINSK, Nov 10 - PrimePress. The suspension of electricity output at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) does not affect nuclear and radiation safety, says Oleg Sobolev, consultant for the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus (Gosatomnadzor).
“There has been information that they [Belarus’ NPP] stopped generating electricity, but this has no effect on nuclear and radiation safety,” RIA Novosti quotes Sobolev as saying.
As previously reported, the Belarusian NPP suspended electricity generation. Media reported on November 9, 2020 that a turbine at the first power unit was shut down due to a voltage transformers failure.
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 first power unit was launched on November 3, 2020. It is expected to be put into commercial operation in February 2021; the second unit – in May 2022. End