Manufacturing base of Belarusian nuclear plant to be built by year-end

The manufacturing base of the Belarusian nuclear power plant will be ready by the end of the year, Deputy Energy Minister of Belarus Mikhail Mikhadyuk told an online press conference "The future of the Belarusian energy system: energy and environmental aspects” on the website of BelTA, BelTA learned.

“We are in the final stage of building the manufacturing base. The main facilities of the manufacturing base are almost ready. After that the bulk of the work on the site will begin. These preparatory works will be completed in full by the end of the year,” he said.

According to Mikhail Mikhadyuk, today the preparatory works for the construction of the nuclear power plant are on schedule. "A few days ago we had a regular operational meeting and took a detailed review of these issues," he said.

With regard to the site, according to Mikhail Mikhadyuk, preparations are in full swing, in accordance with the legislation and project documentation. These works are almost complete. After that we will be ready to proceed to the construction of the major objects of the nuclear power plant, he noted.

The Belarusian NPP is being constructed according to a Russian design and is compliant with the national legislation and IAEA requirements. The Belarusian NPP will be based on the NPP-2006 design developed by the Saint Petersburg Atomenergoproyekt Institute. The same project is used in the construction of the Leningrad NPP-2 and the Baltic NPP. The Belarusian NPP will include two power units with the total capacity of up to 2,400MW. The first power unit is set to be commissioned in 2018.