Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Belarus unit starts pilot operation : New Nuclear

Belarus unit starts pilot operation : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News: Unit 1 of the first nuclear power plant to be built in Belarus started pilot operation yesterday, Russia's Rosatom has announced. Pilot operation is the final and longest check of a power unit before commissioning. The unit is be the first of the VVER-1200 design to be built outside Russia.