{"id":11768,"date":"2013-11-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vo.afonico-test.ru\/novosti-otrasli\/first-belarus-reactor-under-construction\/"},"modified":"2013-11-07T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T09:00:00","slug":"first-belarus-reactor-under-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vosafety.ru\/en\/novosti-otrasli\/first-belarus-reactor-under-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"First Belarus reactor under construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the foundation slab of the initial reactor at the Ostrovets site in Belarus marking the official start of construction of the country\u2019s first nuclear power plant.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The concrete-pouring process for the slab began on 6\u00a0November, according to Belarus official news agency <em>Belta<\/em>. This will provide a foundation for the containment and auxiliary buildings that are within the unit\u2019s nuclear island.<\/p>\n<p>Nuclear Power Plant Construction Directorate (Belarus AEC) announced in late October that it had been issued with a construction licence for Ostrovets unit 1\u00a0by the Department for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (Gosatomnadzor) of the Ministry of Emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>Belarus launched a tender for the construction of the plant and invited bids from Russian state nuclear enterprise Rosatom, Areva and Westinghouse-Toshiba. The 1200\u00a0MWe AES-2006\u00a0model VVER pressurized water reactor design, developed by the Saint Petersburg AtomEnergoProekt, has been selected for use at the plant.<\/p>\n<p>The main construction contract was awarded to AtomStroyExport (ASE) in October 2011, while a $10\u00a0billion turnkey contract was finalised between Belarus and Rosatom in July 2012\u00a0for the supply of the two reactors.<\/p>\n<p>The construction time for the first unit is expected to be 60\u00a0months after first concrete, with the beginning of the physical start-up and commissioning of the unit due in 2018. The timetable for the second unit will be about 18\u00a0months behind it, with commissioning set for July 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the foundation slab of the initial reactor at the Ostrovets site in Belarus marking the official start of construction of the country\u2019s first nuclear power plant. The concrete-pouring process for the slab began on 6\u00a0November, according to Belarus official news agency Belta. 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