Atomproject praises quality of construction works at BelNPP

The quality of works at the construction site of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP) is very high, Deputy Director General, Director of the WWER Technology Department Alexander Kazarin told an online conference hosted by BelTA on 20 December.

“The quality of construction works at the Belarusian nuclear power plant is very high,” he said. The official explained that the Atomproject surveillance group is constantly present at the construction site. “The general designer is responsible for the compliance of the construction of the plant with its documentation and if necessary it has the right to halt all the construction works,” Alexander Kazarin added.

OAO Atomproject was founded at the basis of OAO VNIPIET Chief Institute and St. Petersburg’s Atomenergoproject on 1 July 2014. Atomproject is the leading company of Rosatom State Corporation. The company designs nuclear facilities, conducts research and developes new-generation nuclear power technologies.

The Belarusian nuclear power plant is being built 18km away from the town of Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast. The BelNPP will have two power-generating units with the total output capacity of up to 2,400MW (2x1,200MW). The Russian merged company OAO NIAEP – ZAO ASE is the general designer and the general contractor of the project. The AES-2006 design developed by the Saint Petersburg-based R&D company Atomenergoproject was chosen for building Belarus’ first nuclear power plant. The first power-generating unit of the nuclear power plant is scheduled for launch in 2018, the second one in 2020.