{"id":46630,"date":"2023-04-26T18:34:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T15:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/belarusian-nuclear-plants-unit-1-generates-14bn-kwh\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"belarusian-nuclear-plants-unit-1-generates-14bn-kwh","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46630\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian nuclear plant&#8217;s Unit 1 generates 14bn kWh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>April 26, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The Astraviec Nuclear Power Plant generated 14.05 billion kilowatt-hours as of March 26, according to an update on the Belarusian energy ministry&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p> The plant&#8217;s Unit 1 began supplying electricity to the grid on November 3, 2020. Despite scheduled and unscheduled outages, the facility produced 10 billion kilowatt-hours by early December 2022. The unit was idle for some six-and-a-half months because of protracted preventive maintenance.<\/p>\n<p> The next maintenance is scheduled for Q4, 2023.<\/p>\n<p> In March, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka called radiation safety a top priority, describing the Astraviec NPP a national treasure. At the same time, he acknowledged that there were &#8220;certain shortcomings&#8221; in its construction.<\/p>\n<p> Belarusian authorities and Rosatom, a Russian state-run nuclear group, withheld information on defects in reactor systems and incidents that occurred at the NPP in 2022, Lithuanian intelligence said. The Belarusian energy ministry dismissed the allegation as a smear.<\/p>\n<p> Belarus builds the nuclear power plant near Astraviec, Hrodna region, using Russian funds and Russian reactor VVER-1200. The general designer and general contractor is the ASE engineering company, the parent organization of Rosatom&#8217;s engineering division.<\/p>\n<p> Pilot operation of the first unit began in November 2020, and commercial operation in June 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The second power unit is 98 percent ready. It would be connected to the grid in April and put into commercial operation in October 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 26, BPN. The Astraviec Nuclear Power Plant generated 14.05 billion kilowatt-hours as of March 26, according to an update on the Belarusian energy ministry&#8217;s website. The plant&#8217;s Unit 1 began supplying electricity to the grid on November 3, 2020. Despite scheduled and unscheduled outages, the facility produced 10 billion kilowatt-hours by early December 2022. 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