Examination of documents on BelNPP second unit nearing completion

Gosatomnadzor is finishing the examination of documents substantiating the safety of the second power-generating unit of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP), head of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor) Olga Lugovskaya said at a briefing at the BelTA press center.

“At present we are busy examining the documents substantiating the safety of the second power-generating unit during the full cycle of construction works. The process is already nearing completion,” Olga Lugovskaya informed.

The Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant obtained the full license to build the first power-generating unit in April 2014. The documents to get the license were submitted by the BelNPP to Gosatomnadzor in February 2013. In line with the procedure established by the law, the documents substantiating the nuclear and radiation safety of the nuclear power plant were carefully examined. The work was conducted by the United Energy and Nuclear Research Institute Sosny of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The experts checked whether the construction of the first power-generating unit will be in compliance with Belarusian and Russian nuclear regulations and international recommendations.

Gosatomnadzor experts also checked the organizational and technical capacities of the BelNPP and its compliance with the license requirements and terms.

The Belarusian nuclear power plant is being built near the town of Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast, using the AES-2006 design. The Belarusian nuclear power plant 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. In line with the general contract for building the nuclear power plant the first power-generating unit is scheduled for commissioning in 2018, with the second one to go online in 2020.