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Belarus NPP Has Final Steam Generator Installed

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The fourth and final 330-metric ton steam generator has been hoisted into place in Unit 2 of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant under construction near Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast, a region in the northwestern part of the country.

The 2,400 MW power plant, consisting of two VVER-1200 AES-2006 model plants are the first of any kind of nuclear power plant for Belarus. The project is overseen by the Directorate for Nuclear Power Plant Construction. The primary contractor on the project is Rosatom export division Atomstroyexport.

Contracts for construction were signed by Russia and Belarus in March 2011. The first steam generators were installed in November 2017.

The first concrete was poured in November 2013. The first unit is scheduled for commission by the end of 2018, while the second is expected to go on line in July 2020.


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