Another high-voltage power line connects Belarusian nuclear power plant, national power grid

MINSK, 7 May (BelTA) – A 330kV high-voltage power line between the Belarusian nuclear power plant and the town of Stolbtsy has been commissioned as well as new equipment of the power substation Stolbtsy, representatives of the Belarusian national electric and heating company Belenergo told BelTA.

It is the fifth high-voltage power line out of the seven lines, which are supposed to connect the Belarusian nuclear power plant and the rest of the power grid. The two power lines that have yet to be connected are the line between the nuclear power plant and the city of Molodechno and the line between the nuclear power plant and the town of Ross.

The construction of the power lines has been finished. They will be commissioned as and when the primary equipment, protective relays, and automatic emergency response systems of the Belarusian nuclear power plant are ready.

The deployment of a new 330kV switchgear assembly was part of the project to build the power line between the Belarusian nuclear power plant and the power substation Stolbtsy. Besides, the power substation had to be equipped with two shunt reactors.

The Belarusian nuclear power plant is being built near Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast using a Russian design featuring two VVER-1200 reactors with the total output capacity of 2,400MW. Rosatom's engineering division – ASE Company – is the general contractor. The first unit is supposed to go online in 2020, with the second one scheduled for launch in 2021.