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Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP has been put into commercial operation after the acceptance committee signed an act of acceptance for operation of the start-up complex according to the press service of the Belarus Ministry of Energy. The decision followed positive conclusions of the supervisory authorities and the working commission of the NPP and the issue of an operating licence by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. According to contractual obligations, Rosatom now assumes responsibility for the operability of the equipment of the unit during the warranty period.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 03 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelarus-npp-unit-2-formally-commissioned-11265680
The second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant was put into commercial operation on 1 November. Together with the first unit the new nuclear power plant will provide about 40% of the country's electricity needs.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 03 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Second-Belarus-unit-enters-commercial-operation
Energy minister Viktor Karankevich has said the aim is for the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant to be put into commercial operation in October 2023.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 07 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/October-target-for-second-Belarus-unit-commercial
According to the decree, the two-unit station at Ostrovets, in western Belarus, will be exempt from real estate, land and income taxation with the goal to improve its “operating efficiency” until “credit obligations” are fulfilled.
The new rules will amend a presidential decree from 2013 which waivered real estate, land and income taxes for the Belarusian station for the period until it is brought into commercial operation.
Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom is the general contractor for two 1,109-MW VVER-1200 pressurised water reactor units at the Belarusian site close to the border with Lithuania.
Unit 1 has been completed and is in test operation mode, while Unit 2 in in a commissioning testing phase.
Construction of Belarusian-1 began in November 2013 and of the Belarusian-2 in April 2014.
The cost of the two units, largely funded by a loan from Russia, has been reported as $11bn (€9.3bn).
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 06 April 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/president-signs-decree-extending-nuclear-plant-tax-exemptions-4-1-2021
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has inaugurated the country's first nuclear power reactor. Lukashenko visited the site in Ostrovets on 7 November, where he witnessed the increase in the generating capacity of unit 1 to 400 MW. The unit, which was connected to the grid five days ago, is the first of the VVER-1200 design to be built outside Russia.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Belarusian-President-celebrates-start-up-of-new-re