Lithuania calls on Belarus to stop NPP launch
<p> MINSK, May 6 - PrimePress. Lithuania sent a note to Belarus, urging to stop the launch of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. </p> <p> </p> <p> “We urge the neighboring country to give priority to security rather than the construction schedule, and not to create a threat to the residents of either their country or other countries. Accordingly, a constructive step, which Lithuania and the European Union are hoping for, would be to halt the works and urgently make a Belarusian national action plan to implement the stress test recommendations at the NPP under the supervision of EU experts and immediately admit a group of international experts to ensure the monitoring process,” reads the statement. </p> <p> </p> <p> As reported, Lithuania is not going to purchase Belarusian electric energy and block its possible supplies to the European Union. Lithuania has been complaining about the safety of the Belarusian NPP since the very beginning of the project. The Lithuanian parliament ruled that the NPP poses a threat to national security. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Ministry of Energy of Belarus reported on May 6 that a train with nuclear fuel for the first power unit of the NPP had arrived at the plant. In accordance with technical regulations, NPP specialists together with the general contractor (Atomstroyexport JSC) will accept the fuel produced at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant and conduct incoming inspection. Earlier, Energy Minister of Belarus Viktor Karankevich said that the start-up of the reactor plant of the first power unit of the NPP was scheduled for July 2020, and that the electricity supply to the national grid would begin in September-October 2020. </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>
2020-05-06
Primepress
Lithuania calls on Belarus to stop NPP launch
MINSK, May 6 - PrimePress. Lithuania sent a note to Belarus, urging to stop the launch of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast), says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
“We urge the neighboring country to give priority to security rather than the construction schedule, and not to create a threat to the residents of either their country or other countries. Accordingly, a constructive step, which Lithuania and the European Union are hoping for, would be to halt the works and urgently make a Belarusian national action plan to implement the stress test recommendations at the NPP under the supervision of EU experts and immediately admit a group of international experts to ensure the monitoring process,” reads the statement.
As reported, Lithuania is not going to purchase Belarusian electric energy and block its possible supplies to the European Union. Lithuania has been complaining about the safety of the Belarusian NPP since the very beginning of the project. The Lithuanian parliament ruled that the NPP poses a threat to national security.
The Ministry of Energy of Belarus reported on May 6 that a train with nuclear fuel for the first power unit of the NPP had arrived at the plant. In accordance with technical regulations, NPP specialists together with the general contractor (Atomstroyexport JSC) will accept the fuel produced at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant and conduct incoming inspection. Earlier, Energy Minister of Belarus Viktor Karankevich said that the start-up of the reactor plant of the first power unit of the NPP was scheduled for July 2020, and that the electricity supply to the national grid would begin in September-October 2020.
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