Atomproject to finish issuing documents on BelNPP construction in 2015

In 2015 Atomproject will finish working on the engineering documents on the construction of the facilities of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) which are within the scope of responsibility of the Russian company, Deputy Director General, Director of the WWER Technology Department of Atomproject Alexander Kazarin told an online conference hosted by BelTA on 20 December.

“In 2015 we will issue the last engineering documents for the construction phase of our facilities of the Belarusian nuclear power plant and will start working on the documents related to the mounting of technological equipment,” Alexander Kazarin said. By the end of 2014 the company will issue the documents that will guide all the company-supervised construction works at the BelNPP in 2015. The design works in 2015 will guide the construction works to be done in 2016.

Alexander Kazarin assured that in 2014 Atomproject fulfilled all its obligations related to drafting of the engineering documents for the construction of the “nuclear island” and the “turbine island” of the both power-generating units. It was reported earlier that nearly 1,600 sets of engineering documents were to be provided to the customer in 2014. “This number of documents was drafted for the construction of all buildings and facilities of the nuclear and turbine islands of the first power-generating unit and part of the facilities of the second power-generating unit,” Alexander Kazarin noted.

OAO Atomproject was set up as a result of the merger of OAO VNIPIET Chief Institute and St. Petersburg’s Atomenergoproject on 1 July 2014. Atomproject is the leading company of the Russian state nuclear energy industry corporation Rosatom. The company designs nuclear facilities, conducts research and develops 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 first power-generating unit of the nuclear power plant is scheduled for launch in 2018, the second one in 2020.