"There is a schedule of work, and everything should be done so that it is executed on time. Now he is running. The test point when the first power unit is to be commissioned is December 2019", - Victor Karankevich said.
The readiness of the first power unit of Belarusian NPP is 85%, the second - 65%.
Construction and installation work is carried out at all facilities and structures of the first and second power units of Belarusian NPP, 33 subcontractors are involved: 19 Belarusian and 14 Russian. The number of construction and installation personnel is more than 7.000 people. Since the beginning of construction, 97% of the planned volume of concrete was laid, 99% of reinforcement was mounted.
On the first power unit of Belarusian NPP, construction works are being completed, electrical and heat-installation wiring are actively conducted. The installation of the main technological equipment is in the final stage. Commissioning works are continuing, technological operations are being carried out related to the preparation of technological systems for hydrotesting and circulation washes. As for the construction of the second power unit, the main equipment of the reactor, technological pipelines, turbine systems was mounted.
Belarusian NPP with two VVER-1200 reactors with a total capacity of 2400 MW is being built according to the Russian project near Ostrovets (Grodno oblast). The first power unit is scheduled to be commissioned in 2019, the second - in 2020.
