Concreting works at Belarusian NPP site to begin 10 July

The concreting of major facilities of the Belarusian nuclear power plant will begin on 10 July, President of the merged company NIAEP - Atomstroyexport Valery Limarenko told media on 13 June. Valery Limarenko made the statement after the opening ceremony of the third international science-to-practice Multi-D forum Life Cycle Management of Complex Engineering Facilities. Tools for Operation Support, BelTA has learnt.

According to Valery Limarenko, the state expertise on project documentation of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP) has been finished. “The design has been issued, work is currently underway to make the overall cost estimate, the manufacturing base is ready,” he said.

Work is four months ahead of the schedule but it is not done to merely finish the construction ahead of schedule. Instead the aim is to create a time reserve. “The work is extremely difficult and if we are ready ahead of time we will have huge economic benefits, which will, of course, serve Belarus’ interests,” Valery Limarenko said.

The Belarusian NPP is being constructed according to a Russian design and is compliant with the national legislation and IAEA requirements. The Belarusian NPP will be based on the NPP-2006 design developed by the Saint Petersburg Atomenergoproyekt Institute. The same project is used in the construction of the Leningrad NPP-2 and the Baltic NPP.

The Belarusian NPP will include two power units with the total capacity of up to 2,400MW. The designer and main contractor is the Russian company OAO NIAEP – ZAO Atomstroyexport. The first power unit is set to be commissioned in 2018.