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Nuclear News Ticker - October 31, 2020 AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 31.10.2020 At the Belarusian NPP the specialists performed one of the most important and crucial operations at the stage of preparing the unit for the start of electricity generation - bringing the turbine generator rotors to nominal idle speed (without connecting to the grid). Unit No. 3 of the Kursk NPP (Russia) was put into operation 5.5 days ahead of schedule. The Volgodonsk branch of Atommash JSC completed the filling of a set of steam generators for the second unit of the Rooppur NPP. Other news: Unit No. 1 at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant has been brought to minimum control power Minimum control power level is reached when neutron flux is recorded in a reactor working at a level sufficient to sustain a fission chain reaction. WANO appoints Robert Gambrill as Director of WANO Atlanta Centre He has formally replaced Russ Brian. The complete MOX-core is planned in 2022. |
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