Fuel Load into First Unit Reactor of BelNPP to Begin in Early August
10:15, 1 August
Nuclear fuel loading at the BelNPP is to begin in August. Construction and installation works at the first unit of the BelNPP have almost been completed, said Vasily Polyukhovich, Director of the Nuclear Energy Department of the Belarusian Energy Ministry, during the online conference “Peaceful Atom in Belarus: Benefits and Prospects,” reports the correspondent of the Union State portal.
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“At the moment construction and installation works at the first power unit of the BelNPP are 98% complete. At present, finishing and landscaping works are being completed. Nuclear fuel was delivered to the site in May of that year. It passed the entrance control and was placed in a storage facility. In August, we are planning to start loading nuclear fuel into the reactor as well as to launch transition to first criticality, and subsequently to first start,” Vasily Polyukhovich said.
So far, about 72% of construction and installation works have been completed at the second power unit. Now precommissioning is underway.
The BelNPP in Ostrovets, Grodno Region, is being built according to the Russian WWER-1200 project. The plant is going to consist of two 1200 MW power units each.
