05.07.2012
On 4 th July, 2012, the control panel in charge of the plant construction project (on Astroviec site in the Hrodna Province , the Republic of Belarus ) met for the fourth time; Vladimir Semashko, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus chaired the meeting.
The participants of the meeting included representatives of the government of the Republic of Belarus , Directorate of NPP construction (Customer), NIAEP-ASE (prime designer and contractor in the project), Belorussian subcontractors, and the administration of the Hrodna Province .
Before the meeting started the participants walked down the construction site. At the present moment the foundation pit for power unit N 1 is being excavated, the administrative housing complex including the Contractor's office building and the Customer's office building, the management office, warehouses and a canteen for 500 people are being built. It is planned to commission 14 facilities in 2012. With regard to the foundation pit, the builders are due to complete the bed drainage which at the same time will protect the foundation base against freezing by 1 st November.
After the walkdown Vladimir Semashko, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus , said, “I'm satisfied with the construction progress. I believe that we must continue to do all the works strictly on schedule and if necessary to modify the construction schedule so that the first power plant is commissioned on schedule – in 2018” .
Yury Pustovoy, deputy director, director of NIAEP representative office in Republic of Belarus , reported on the construction works progress. “Today 500 workers are working on the site, 212 pieces of construction equipment are used. The manpower will increase up to 1 000 people by the end of the year. This brings us to one vital issue – providing accommodation for the builders. Lack of estimates also hinders the construction”, said Yury Pustovoy.
The accommodation problem will be partly solved when a housing block for 300 people will be commissioned in July; two more housing blocks are planned to be built by the end of 2012. Vladimir Semashko noted that it is important to match the housing construction schedule and the manpower growth plan in order to provide good living conditions for the builders.
With regard to the estimates, Valery Limarenko, director of NIAEP-ASE, has set the task to provide construction estimates for one year ahead, implying that the documentation for 2013 should be prepared in 2012.
Preparation of the general contract which is to be signed in the nearest future and involvement of Belorussian companies in design and construction activities were discussed at the meeting. Besides, Belorussian equipment suppliers are logging in the uniform nuclear equipment database. 34 enterprises have logged in the catalogue so far, 16 enterprises are undergoing the preparatory stage.
Valery Limarenko, head of NIAEP-ASE, commented on the meeting: “We want the key power facility in Belarus to be built on schedule and with as many Belarusian subcontractors as possible. We offer Belarusian builders to participate in construction of Russian plants, for example, in the Rostov 3&4 construction project. It will be an opportunity to gain necessary experience and to use it for the Belarus NPP construction project”.
Belorussian NPP
On March 15 th , 2011, in Minsk , during a meeting of Council of Ministers of the Union State , a cooperation agreement was signed between Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Belarus , concerning NPP construction on the territory of Belarus . According to the agreement the Russian party will implement a turnkey construction contract. JSC Atomstroyexport will act as General Contractor, while Directorate of NPP construction (GU “DSAE”) will be Customer.
Belorussian NPP will have two power units of total capacity up to 2 400 (2x1200) MW to be erected on Astroviec site in Hrodna Oblast. For construction of the first plant in Belarus the “AES- 2006” project was selected. The project fully complies with IAEA international standards and recommendations.
On October 11 th , 2011, a framework agreement on NPP construction in Belarus was signed. It is a general agreement that defines the main mandatory provisions of the General Contract on Belorussian NPP construction.
The landmark of the recent period is the Intergovernmental Agreement on loan to Belarus for NPP construction. Signed on 25 th November during the meeting of the High Council of the Union State , the agreement establishes the legal base necessary for the project financing.
On January 31, 2012, a contract for survey works, development of basic and detailed design documentation for Belarus NPP project was signed.
For reference: on 7 th November 2011 Valery Limarenko was appointed the interim single executive of JSC Atomstroyexport (acting president of JSC Atomstroyexport). V. Limarenko also is the Director of JSC NIAEP. Thus, the decision, taken by the State Corporation Rosatom and announced earlier, on the merger of two competencies, namely , JSC NIAEP, a leading engineering company in the Russian nuclear power industry, and JSC ASE, a Russian provider of services for constructing nuclear power facilities abroad, is being executed.
Reference:
The merged company JSC NIAEP – JSC Atomstroyexport (ASE) was established in March 2012 by the resolution of the State atomic energy corporation Rosatom. Thus, NIAEP has become a holding company JSC ASE. The structure of the new consolidated company represents a network of offices in charge of construction project management, including: - a design institute in Nizhny Novgorod;- three offices in charge of NPP construction project management (in Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow and St-Petersburg);- representative offices in 10 countries of Europe and Asia where projects are being executed or planned (Bulgaria, Hungary, Vietnam, Iran, India, China, Turkey, Czechia, Slovakia and Ukraine). Today over 4000 people are working for our company; this figure amounts to over 7000 if the personnel of the subsidiaries is included. 20 projects either being under construction or design are now underway in Russia and abroad. List of the power plants under construction and design carried out by the merged company:- Kalinin NPP 4;- Rostov NPP 3 and 4;- Baltic NPP 1 and 2;- Nizhny Novgorod NPP 1 and 2;- Uzhnouralskaya GRES-2 Units 1 and 2;- Tianwan NPP 3 and 4 (China);- Bushehr NPP -1 (Iran);- Akkuyu NPP 1 and 2 (Turkey);- Belarus NPP 1 and 2;- Kudankulam NPP 1 and 2 (India);- Ninh thuan 1 and 2 (Vietnam). Valery Limarenko, doctor of economics, director of JSC NIAEP – holding company JSC ASE. Site of the company: www.niaep.ru
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