First unit of BelNPP to be reconnected to power grid after turbine generator diagnostics – Energy Ministry
MINSK, Jul 16 - PrimePress. The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) will be turned on after systems and components of the turbine generator are inspected, Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich said on July 16, 2021.<br> <br> The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant was disconnected from the power grid on July 12, when the automatic protection of the generator kicked in. The turbine generator was disconnected from the power grid. <br> <br> All the systems and components of the turbine generator will be thoroughly examined. “This work will proceed stage by stage. Once it is done, the unit will be once again turned on,” the minister says.<br> <br> “Since the equipment of the turbine generator operates at temperatures close to 300C, it needs some time to cool down,” Karankevich says, “Then the specialists will be able to start finding out the reason why the generator protection was triggered and fix it.”<br> <br> Electricity supply to consumers was not disrupted at the moment of the disconnection.<br> <br> 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 was put into commercial operation in June 10, 2021. According to decree No.447 of November 30, 2020, the second unit is expected to be put into operation in the first half of 2022. End<br> <br>
2021-07-17
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