The Belarusian-1 nuclear power plant has become the first power reactor to begin commercial operation in Belarus, one week after the country’s ministry of emergency situations gave the go-ahead.
State news agency Belta and Russian sate nuclear corporation Rosatom said the 1,110-MW unit is operating at nominal output capacity.
The Generation III VVER V-491 plant was supplied by Russia and is the first plant of its type to begin operation outside Russia.
Since it was connected to the power grid on 3 November 2020 it has generated nearly 3 billion kWh of electricity.
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