Belarusian nuclear power plant equipment made on schedule

Equipment for the Belarusian nuclear power plant is made on schedule, BelTA learned from Andrei Nikipelov, Director General of the Russian company Atomenergomash, during the 7th international forum Atomexpo 2015 in Moscow on 1 June.

“Our company is virtually done making the vessel of the first Belarusian reactor. Both the reactor and the steam generator are made exactly on schedule. The situation in Ukraine has in no way affected our work with Belarus or other contracts. Our company honors our commitments 100%,” stated Andrei Nikipelov.

The reactor is a vertical cylinder with an elliptical bottom. The reactor core and the internal components will be located inside. The reactor is hermetically sealed by a lid that also bears the actuators and mechanisms meant to regulate the process and protect the reactor. The lid also contains pipe sleeves that will be used to feed cables from internal reactor control sensors.

The Belarusian nuclear power plant is a project to build an AES-2006 type nuclear power plant 18km away from Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast. The reactor unit has been designed by OKB Gidropress, which is part of Atomenergomash and provides designer supervision and support services. The first power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant is scheduled for commissioning in 2018, with the second one to go online in 2020.