“The Minister noted that the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant is at the final stage,” reads a statement posted on the website of the Belarusian Energy Ministry.
It is noted that "in June, an act of acceptance of the first power unit of the station into commercial operation was signed."
“The readiness of the second unit of BelNPP is almost 90%.
At the present time it is undergoing hot running-in of the reactor facility.
This year nuclear fuel will be loaded into the reactor core of the second power unit of the BelNPP.
This will initiate the physical start-up phase of the unit.
Its commissioning is planned for 2022, ”the ministry added.
In June, it was reported that a government commission signed an act of acceptance into commercial operation of the first power unit of the BelNPP.