No problems with equipment supplies for Belarusian nuclear power plant

There are no problems with equipment supplies for the Belarusian nuclear power plant, BelTA learned from Belarusian Energy Minister Vladimir Potupchik.

“There are no problems involved in equipment supplies at present. We promptly address all the emerging issues at sessions of the operations center in charge of building the nuclear power plant,” said the Belarusian Energy Minister. He remarked that schedules had been worked out for the delivery of equipment and performing operations at the first and second power-generating units of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. “We are now on schedule and everything proceeds as planned,” added Vladimir Potupchik.

Some equipment for the Belarusian nuclear power plant is made in Ukraine where political tensions are running high. In particular, the Kramatorsk-based factory Energomashspetsstal makes intermediate parts for making the lid and the shell of the reactor of the second power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant.

Construction workers started pouring concrete into the foundation of the facilities that will make up the first power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant at the Ostrovets site in November 2013. The Belarusian nuclear power plant will boast two power-generating units with the total generating capacity of up to 2,400MW (1,200MW each). The Russian design AES-2006 has been chosen to build the power plant. The design is fully compliant with international standards and IAEA recommendations. The Russian merged company OAO NIAEP – ZAO Atomstroyexport (ASE) is the general designer and the general contractor for building the power plant. The timeline for implementing the project is stipulated by the general contract. The first power-generating unit of the nuclear power plant is scheduled for launch in November 2018.

About 10% of the work needed to build the Belarusian nuclear power plant has been completed.