11.10.2011
Today, on October the 11th JSC "Atomstroyexport" (JSC ASE), the company of State Corporation "Rosatom", and the Public Enterprise “Directorate of Nuclear Power Plant Construction” (the Republic of Belarus) signed the Contract Agreement on construction of NPP Units 1&2 in the territory of the Republic of Belarus. From the customer’s side the Contract Agreement was signed by Michail Filimonov, Director of PE “Directorate of Nuclear Power Plant Construction”, from the construction general contractor’s side – by Alexander Glukhov, President of JSC "Atomstroyexport".
The Contract Agreement defines substantive provisions of the General Contract for the "turn-key" construction of NPP two power units of up to 2400 MW total capacity based on V-491 reactor facility. It is anticipated that the Belarusian nuclear power plant will be constructed on the terms and conditions of complete responsibility of the general contractor. AES-2006 design of JSC “St.-Petersburg Atomenergoproject” (SPbAEP) was chosen for construction of the first Belarusian NPP. Since 2004 SPbAEP has been directly involved in all work stages, starting from site selection, choice of technology and facility type, consideration and substantiation of environmental aspects and finishing with development of contractual appendices.
The Ostrovets site in Grodno region was selected for location of the plant. The Belarusian NPP design corresponds to the requirements of the current legislative and normative documents of the Russian Federation in the field of use of atomic energy taking into account IAEA recommendations and EUR requirements. The design is characterized by the enhanced nuclear, radiation, technical and environmental safety features, as well as by the technical-and-economic parameters.
Reference:
On November 28, 2008 the Government of the Republic of Belarus addressed the Government of the Russian Federation with the message, in which it was pointed out that the Belarusian experts prefer the Russian NPP design, and proposed to start realization of the given project. On May 28, 2009 in Minsk the Agreement was signed between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on cooperation in the area of peaceful use of atomic energy. On March, 15th, 2011 in Minsk during the session of the Council of Ministers of the Allied State, the Intergovernmental Cooperation agreement about construction of the nuclear power plant in the territory of the Republic of Belarus was signed.
