Russian Power Machines delivers condenser to Belarusian nuclear power plant

MINSK, 20 August (BelTA) – The Russian company Power Machines has delivered a condenser for the first power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant, representatives of the Russian company told BelTA.

Trucks had to make 81 runs to deliver equipment that weighs over 2,000 tonnes from Saint Petersburg to Grodno Oblast.

Apart from the condenser that has already been delivered to the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant Power Machines has also made a steam turbine and a turbine generator that will be shipped to the construction site in early 2016.

The contract on making the core equipment of the machine hall was signed in 2012. In accordance with the terms of the contract OAO Power Machines will make and deliver to Belarus two sets of turbine plants, including high-speed 1,200MW steam turbines, condensers and equipment for auxiliary systems of the turbine plant as well as two packaged 1,200MW turbine-type generators with equipment for auxiliary systems.

Apart from that, specialists of the Russian company will provide installation supervision.

The Belarusian nuclear power plant is a project to build an AES-2006 type nuclear power plant 18km away from Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast. The Belarusian nuclear power plant will have two power-generating units with the total output capacity of up to 2,400MW (2x1,200MW). 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.

The Russian company Power Machines has been designing and making high-tech equipment for nuclear power plants for over 40 years. At present Power Machines is the only Russian company that can supply a full set of primary thermal and mechanical equipment for the turbine island of nuclear power plants. Equipment made by Power Machines is in use at 27 nuclear power plants across the globe.