Unit 2 of the Russia-backed Belarusian nuclear power station at Ostrovets in western Belarus has begun commercial operation, general contractor ASE said.
ASE, the engineering division of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said commercial operation of the 1,110-MW VVER pressurised water reactor unit near the Lithuanian border began on 1 November.
The plant, construction of which began in 2014, was synchronised to the grid for the first time on 13 May and was brought to its design capacity on 19 June.