European Commission set to urge Belarus to comply with highest standards of nuclear safety at Astravyets facility
<p> MINSK, Jun 18 - PrimePress. The European Commission intends to urge Belarus to meet the highest standards of nuclear safety at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast), the press service of the European Commission said in a statement on June 18. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The safety of Astravyets facility is the concern of not only one member state of the European Union, but the entire European Union,” the report says. </p> <p> </p> <p> The press service of the European Commission says the recommendations of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) “should be implemented satisfactorily” before the launch of BelNPP. The statement comes with a reminder that Belarus has pledged to “respond to all the recommendations and continue implementing the National Action Plan. The National Action Plan is a document formulated as a result of stress tests at BelNPP and specifies measures to improve the safety of the plant. </p> <p> </p> <p> The European Commission stresses that it has not yet received a formal response from Minsk about the ENSREG verification of the National Action Plan, and urged Belarus to give consent to European experts’ visit to the BelNPP site. </p> <p> </p> <p> At the same time, the European Commission recognizes that the Belarusian authorities have recently taken a number of constructive measures, in particular, signed agreements with Lithuania on emergency notification of accidents at nuclear power plants. End </p>
2020-06-19
Primepress
European Commission set to urge Belarus to comply with highest standards of nuclear safety at Astravyets facility
MINSK, Jun 18 - PrimePress. The European Commission intends to urge Belarus to meet the highest standards of nuclear safety at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast), the press service of the European Commission said in a statement on June 18.
“The safety of Astravyets facility is the concern of not only one member state of the European Union, but the entire European Union,” the report says.
The press service of the European Commission says the recommendations of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) “should be implemented satisfactorily” before the launch of BelNPP. The statement comes with a reminder that Belarus has pledged to “respond to all the recommendations and continue implementing the National Action Plan. The National Action Plan is a document formulated as a result of stress tests at BelNPP and specifies measures to improve the safety of the plant.
The European Commission stresses that it has not yet received a formal response from Minsk about the ENSREG verification of the National Action Plan, and urged Belarus to give consent to European experts’ visit to the BelNPP site.
At the same time, the European Commission recognizes that the Belarusian authorities have recently taken a number of constructive measures, in particular, signed agreements with Lithuania on emergency notification of accidents at nuclear power plants. End