License granted to build first reactor of Belarusian nuclear station

The Belarusian state enterprise Directorate for Nuclear Power Plant Construction has been granted the license to build the nuclear reactor of the first power-generating unit, the Directorate’s official website reads.

BelTA has learned that the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor) issued special permit (a license) No. 02300/239-4 of 13 September 2013 for building the nuclear reactor of the first power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant to the Directorate for Nuclear Power Plant Construction.

A Russian design is used to build the Belarusian nuclear power plant. It is 100% compliant with national laws and IAEA recommendations. The Belarusian nuclear power plant design borrows heavily from the AES-2006 design, which has been developed in Saint Petersburg and is now used to build the second Leningrad nuclear power plant and the Baltic nuclear power plant. The Belarusian nuclear power plant will have two power-generating units with the total capacity of up to 2,400MW. The first power-generating unit is scheduled for commissioning in 2018.