Lithuania hands in note to Belarus over Astravyets NPP
<p> MINSK, Oct 27 - PrimePress. Lithuania handed in a diplomatic note to Minsk on Tuesday over plans to launch power production at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) in early November, delfi.lt quotes Asta Skaisgiryte, adviser to the Lithuanian president, as saying.<br> <br> The note strongly condemns the decision of the Belarusian authorities to start power generation at the NPP, which Lithuania considers unsafe. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, Lithuania and the entire European Union urge Belarus to meet the highest safety and environmental protection standards and follow recommendations made after EU stress tests as soon as possible. </p> <p> </p> <p> “Lithuania categorically objects to such a hasty launch. The protest note to Belarus was sent today [on Tuesday],” Skaisgiryte told reporters following President Gitanas Nauseda’s meeting with several ministers.<br> <br> Lithuania has enacted a law to prohibit the admission of electricity from Belarus’ NPP to the domestic market, and calls on neighboring countries to boycott electricity from the unsafe nuclear power plant. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Oblast also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts. The AES-2006 Russian standard design of (generation 3+) was chosen for its construction. Rosatom’s division Atomstroyexport acts as the general contractor for the NPP construction. The Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant RUE is the project customer and the future operator of the NPP. The nuclear reactor of the first power unit was started in October 2020. According to the schedule, the first start of the first power unit is planned for November 7, 2020. The first power unit is expected to be put into commercial operation in the first quarter of 2021, the second power unit – in 2022. End </p>
2020-10-28
Primepress
Lithuania hands in note to Belarus over Astravyets NPP
MINSK, Oct 27 - PrimePress. Lithuania handed in a diplomatic note to Minsk on Tuesday over plans to launch power production at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (Astravyets District, Grodno Oblast) in early November, delfi.lt quotes Asta Skaisgiryte, adviser to the Lithuanian president, as saying.
The note strongly condemns the decision of the Belarusian authorities to start power generation at the NPP, which Lithuania considers unsafe.
According to the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, Lithuania and the entire European Union urge Belarus to meet the highest safety and environmental protection standards and follow recommendations made after EU stress tests as soon as possible.
“Lithuania categorically objects to such a hasty launch. The protest note to Belarus was sent today [on Tuesday],” Skaisgiryte told reporters following President Gitanas Nauseda’s meeting with several ministers.
Lithuania has enacted a law to prohibit the admission of electricity from Belarus’ NPP to the domestic market, and calls on neighboring countries to boycott electricity from the unsafe nuclear power plant.
Belarus’ first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (a town in the Grodno Oblast also referred to as Astravyets) will have two units with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts. The AES-2006 Russian standard design of (generation 3+) was chosen for its construction. Rosatom’s division Atomstroyexport acts as the general contractor for the NPP construction. The Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant RUE is the project customer and the future operator of the NPP. The nuclear reactor of the first power unit was started in October 2020. According to the schedule, the first start of the first power unit is planned for November 7, 2020. The first power unit is expected to be put into commercial operation in the first quarter of 2021, the second power unit – in 2022. End