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Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP will be put into commercial operation in October 2023, according to Minister of Energy Viktor Karankevich. He said during a meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko that the first trial inclusion of the unit 2 in the network is planned for April when the output of the reactor will be increased to 40%.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelarus-npp-unit-2-to-begin-commercial-operation-in-october-10673071
The scope of the two-week International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission, carried out at the request of Belarus’ government, was to review the national security regime for nuclear material and associated facilities and activities. It included a review of physical protection measures at Belarus’ first commercial nuclear power plant, Belarus-1, at the Ostrovets site, security aspects related to the transport of nuclear material, and to computer security in nuclear facilities.
The team said Belarus has established a nuclear security regime with essential elements from the IAEA’s guidance on the fundamentals of nuclear security.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/iaea-completes-nuclear-security-advisory-mission-7-1-2021
Mr Kreivys said in the interview: “The Polish nuclear project, which is being developed under European Union regulations, cannot be compared with the Russian project in Belarus, which raises growing concerns.”
He said Lithuania was not consulted over the deployment of the two-unit Belarusian nuclear station and it is in violation of the Espoo Convention, which requires trans-border consultation on nuclear facilities.
Mr Kreivys raised questions about the independent status of the Belarusian nuclear regulator and said that the Belarusian station had failed 27 stress tests with only a handful of issues having been addressed.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 25 March 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/energy-minister-says-belarusian-nuclear-project-raises-growing-concerns-3-3-2021
The power level of unit 1 at Belarusian nuclear power plant was raised up to 400MW on 7 November.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelarus-1-reaches-design-capacity-8354256
The Belarus Deputy Energy Minister, Mikhail Mikhadyuk, said on 3 September that Belarus will have foreign markets for electricity produced by its nuclear power plant under construction in Ostravets, even after the Baltic states announced plans to boycott the energy if the power plant becomes operational, according to Belarusian state news agency BelTA reports.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 08 September 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelarus-confident-of-electricity-exports-despite-baltic-trade-ban-8121429
Nuclear fuel for unit 1 of the Belarus nuclear power plant has arrived at the site, the Belarus Energy Ministry said on 6 May.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 08 May 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-fuel-arrives-for-belarus-npp-7912104
Belarus is seeking a professional dialogue about the construction of its nuclear power plant at Ostravets in Grodno region, Dzmitryy Mironchyk, spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, told reporters in Minsk on 8 June. He added that the project would be discussed at an upcoming meeting in Minsk of the parties to the Espoo Convention (Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 15 June 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelarus-seeks-dialogue-on-npp-construction-5843886