Russian Atomenergomash ships heavy equipment to Belarusian nuclear power plant

Enterprises of Atomenergomash, the mechanical engineering division of the Russian nuclear industry corporation Rosatom, have shipped about 1,600 tonnes of equipment to the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. The Atomenergomash press service told BelTA that the equipment includes two core catchers, a bubble condenser, embedded parts of the pressure compensator, and a wide range of auxiliary equipment.

Apart from that, the production of the first reactor system for the Belarusian nuclear power plant is in its active phase as well as a set of steam generators and other equipment.

Atomenergomash Director General Andrei Nikipelov said that the Belarusian nuclear power plant is one of the most important projects of the company today. In his words, thanks to the manufacturing chain created inside the holding company customers can get finished technical solutions that meet the most exacting quality, effectiveness, and reliability requirements. “Today our task is to secure their timely sale, including production and delivery of primary equipment, supervised installation, and aftersales service,” said Andrei Nikipelov.

The Belarusian nuclear power plant is a project to build an AES-2006 type nuclear power plant 18km away from Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast. The 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.

Atomenergomash is the power plant engineering division of the Russian nuclear industry corporation Rosatom and is one of Russia’s top power plant engineering companies. Atomenergomash supplies effective all-in-one solutions for nuclear energy industry, thermal power industry, gas, oil and chemical industries. The company comprises over 50 manufacturing, research, and engineering enterprises in Russia and other countries.