Trial connection of the second power unit of BelNPP is scheduled for March-April
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Trial connection of the second power unit of the BelNPP should take place in March-April, said Deputy Head of the Ministry of Energy of Belarus Mikhail Mikhadyuk, transmits department press office.
“If there are no forced moments that require additional adjustments, then we are planning the first connection to the network in March-April,” he said.
Now, the installation of process equipment at the unit has almost been completed; in the near future, reaching the minimum controlled level of reactor power, i. a chain reaction will start. The commissioning of the second unit is expected in the second half of the year, Mikhadyuk added.
The Belarusian nuclear power plant with two VVER-1200 reactors with a total capacity of 2400 MW, located near the town of Ostrovets, Grodno region, is being built according to the Russian AES-2006 project. The first power unit was put into operation in June 2021. On February 2, 2021, the BelNPP generated the first billion kilowatt-hours of electricity.
According to the Ministry of Energy of Belarus, the connection of the first power unit of the BelNPP in November 2020 will allowed replace about 3 billion cubic meters. m of gas.
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