Astravyets

Astravyets
Астравец

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Astravyets
Coordinates: 54°36′49″N 25°57′19″E / 54.61361°N 25.95528°E / 54.61361; 25.95528
Country  Belarus
Region Grodno Region
District Astravyets District
Population (2018)
 • Total 10 878[1]
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Astravyets (Belarusian: Астравец [astraˈvʲet͡s], Russian: Островец, tr. Ostrovets, IPA: [ɐstrɐˈvʲɛts], Lithuanian: Astravas, Polish: Ostrowiec) is a city in the Grodno Region of Belarus, an administrative center of the Astravyets District.

On 11 October 2011 an agreement was signed to build Belarus’ first nuclear power plant near the city, using two VVER reactors with active and passive safety systems. The first unit is planned to be completed by 2017.[2] In July 2012 a more detailed contract was agreed to build the two AES-2006 plants in for a cost of about 10 billion USD.[3] After some problems with the handling of a reactor pressure vessel, more recent estimates talk about a connection to the grid of the two blocks in late 2018 and mid 2020 respectively.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The population of regions, districts and cities for January 1, 2018
  2. ↑ "Russia signs up to build NPP in Belarus". Nuclear Engineering International. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "$10 billion construction contract signed for two AES 2006 Russian reactors in Belarus". I-Nuclear. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Russia installs RPV at Belarus plant". World Nuclear News. 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2017-04-04.


Coordinates: 54°36′49″N 25°57′19″E / 54.61361°N 25.95528°E / 54.61361; 25.95528

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