09.11.2012
On 8 November 2012 on Ostrovets (Grodnensk region, Belarus ) the control panel charged for the Belorussian NPP construction met for the 8 th time
Before the meeting held on the construction site, a working sitting was held with participation of managers of Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Architecture and Construction of Belarus, managers of the Administration of Grodno region, GU Directorate of the NPP construction (Customer), those of the merged company JSC NIAEP- JSC Atomstroyexport (General designer and general contractor).
Alexander Ozerets, minister of Energy of Belarus, and Valery Limarenko, Director of JSC NIAEP-JSC ASE delivered their opening addresses. Yury Pustovoy, JSC NIAEP Deputy Director- Director of JSC NIAEP's branch in Belarus reported on works progress on supply facilities and NPP construction. Works on the bedding drainage grouting and foundation grouting for the main buildings of the Unit 1 are being executed as scheduled. 29400 m 3 of concrete is already grouted, i.e. 36% of the overall amount.
Valery Limarenko commented: “Issue of quality concrete has been systematically solved on this site”.
With regard to paramount tasks, among them is heat supply to the facilities – Personnel Facilities & Office Building and two canteens for 160 and 500 people. Started construction of the first level Nuclear Island guard, its completion is scheduled on the end of the year.
For personnel working on the site a key issue is building apartments.
“We are assumed with the task to augment the construction rates. Social rates should not be left behind the industrial ones. “The provision baggage should catch the army”- summed up Valery Limarenko .
The Belorussian NPP
On March 15 th , 2011, in Minsk , during meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State , cooperation agreement was signed between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Belarus, concerning NPP construction in the territory of the country. According to the agreement the Russian party will accomplish «turnkey» construction. JSC Atomstroyexport will act as General Contractor, while the Directorate of NPP construction will be Customer. The Belorussian NPP will have two power units of total capacity up to 2400 (2x1200) MW to be constructed at Ostrovets site in Grodno region. For construction of the first Belorussian NPP the “AES- 2006” project was selected to be implemented. The project fully complies with IAEA international standards and recommendations. On October 11 th , 2011, contract agreement on NPP construction in Belarus was signed. The contract agreement is essentially a general agreement that defines the main mandatory provisions of the General contract on the Belorussian NPP construction.
The significant event of the recent period became the signing of 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 31 st January 2012, a contract for survey works, development of basic and detailed design documentation for Belarus NPP project was signed.
On 18 th July , 2012 on the meeting sums of the Council of Ministers of the Union State in the presence of prime ministers Dmitry Medvedev and Mikhail Myasnikov the general contract on construction of Belorussian NPP was signed.
The contract was signed by Valery Limarenko ,Director of JSC NIAEP - JSC Atomstroyexport (JSC ASE), for the Russian party and Mikhail Filimonov, Director of General Board « Directorate of the NPP construction».
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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