BelNPP completes pilot stage of educational project “Teachers’ Day at the NPP

The pilot stage of the informational and educational project “Teachers’ Day at the NPP” has been implemented at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP), BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Energy Ministry.

The project was developed together with the education, sport and tourism department of the Ostrovets District Executive Committee. The goal of the project is to educate local teachers about the Belarusian nuclear energy program, inform them about the course of the construction and peculiarities of the BelNPP. The first group of teachers from Ostrovets District – a total of 47 people – has recently visited the Belarusian nuclear power plant.

“We will keep educating the pedagogical community about the nuclear energy. In the near future, the information center and the BelNPP construction site will welcome another group of teachers from Ostrovets District,” the Energy Ministry informed. The senior management of the BelNPP has plans to expand the geography of the project and invite teachers from other regions to tour the nuclear power plant.

The Belarusian nuclear power plant is being built near Ostrovets. 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 has been 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.