Estonia expects European Commission to conduct additional assessment of Belarus’ NPP safety
<p> MINSK, Jul 8 - PrimePress. Estonia expects the European Commission to conduct an additional assessment of safety of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure of Estonia Taavi Aas said on July 8. </p> <p> </p> <p> A compromise proposal of the Commission for the Baltic States contains a recommendation to strengthen security measures during the construction of the Belarusian NPP. This does not rule out a possibility of further procurement of electric energy from third countries outside the European Union. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, the construction of the NPP is most worrying for Lithuania, given that the plant is located 50 km from its capital Vilnius. Lithuania believes that the plant is being built without observing safety standards. Its government has decided that it will not purchase electricity from the plant and is seeking Latvia and Estonia to sign a declaration of refusal to purchase electricity from the new nuclear power plant. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Region also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts, which are slated to be launched in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The Belarusian nuclear station’s design stems from the AES-2006 design developed by the St Petersburg-based institute Atomenergoproject, which is also the general contractor of the Belarusian project. End </p>
2020-07-09
Primepress
Estonia expects European Commission to conduct additional assessment of Belarus’ NPP safety
MINSK, Jul 8 - PrimePress. Estonia expects the European Commission to conduct an additional assessment of safety of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure of Estonia Taavi Aas said on July 8.
A compromise proposal of the Commission for the Baltic States contains a recommendation to strengthen security measures during the construction of the Belarusian NPP. This does not rule out a possibility of further procurement of electric energy from third countries outside the European Union.
As previously reported, the construction of the NPP is most worrying for Lithuania, given that the plant is located 50 km from its capital Vilnius. Lithuania believes that the plant is being built without observing safety standards. Its government has decided that it will not purchase electricity from the plant and is seeking Latvia and Estonia to sign a declaration of refusal to purchase electricity from the new nuclear power plant.
Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Region also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts, which are slated to be launched in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The Belarusian nuclear station’s design stems from the AES-2006 design developed by the St Petersburg-based institute Atomenergoproject, which is also the general contractor of the Belarusian project. End