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Hot functional tests began at unit 1 of the Belarus nuclear power plant at Ostrovets on 11 December, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced.

Date: Friday, 13 December 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshot-testing-begins-at-belarus-1-7551924

Photo courtesy Rosatom. Cold hydraulic testing has been completed on the primary circuit of the Belarusian-1 nuclear power plant under construction at Ostrovets near the border with Lithuania, Russia’s state nuclear power equipment and service exporter Atomstroyexport said in a statement.

The tests took 24 hours to complete and were conducted at pressure of 24.5 MPa, the statement said.

Cold testing verifies that welds, joints, pipes and components in the primary circuit are able to withstand pressures higher than those during normal operation.

Date: Friday, 06 September 2019
Original article: nucnet.org/news/cold-testing-completed-for-unit-s-primary-circuit-9-4-2019