Lithuania will do its utmost to stop Belarus’ nuke plant – president’s adviser
<p> MINSK, Nov 26 - PrimePress. Lithuania will do its best to stop the operation of the Belarusian NPP (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast). Advisor to the Lithuanian President, Jaroslavas Neverovičius, made a statement to this effect on the air of Lithuania’s national radio on November 26. </p> <p> </p> <p> "We will definitely do everything possible to stop the project (BelNPP – editor’s note) and not to put in jeopardy our citizens, our state and the EU as a whole,” said Neverovičius. </p> <p> </p> <p> In his words, Belarus has undertaken to inform Lithuania about all possible incidents, but Vilnius has to request information independently. </p> <p> </p> <p> He believes that it is necessary to accelerate the synchronization of the Baltic states with the power grids of continental Europe to prevent the entry of Belarusian electricity to the market of the Baltic States. “The biggest problem is that so far we belong to the united grid with Belarus and Russia. Therefore, we need to connected as soon as possible to Poland’s grid and disconnect all wires from the eastern system,” said Neverovičius. </p> <p> </p> <p> In June 2018, the Baltic States, Poland and the European Commission signed in Brussels a political agreement on synchronisation of the power grids of the three Baltic States with those of continental Europe. By 2025, the Baltic States will have to withdraw from the BREELL energy ring (Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). The agreement on opening the Russian-Latvian border to import Russian electricity was signed by the Baltic system operators in September 2020. </p> <p> </p> <p> Lithuania has been objecting the construction of the Belarusian NPP near its border since the very inception of the project. The Lithuanian parliament calls the NPP a threat to national security of the country. </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. The first power unit of the NPP was connected to the national grid on November 3, 2020. End </p>
2020-11-27
Primepress
MINSK, Nov 26 - PrimePress. Lithuania will do its best to stop the operation of the Belarusian NPP (BelNPP, Astravyets, Grodno Oblast). Advisor to the Lithuanian President, Jaroslavas Neverovičius, made a statement to this effect on the air of Lithuania’s national radio on November 26.
"We will definitely do everything possible to stop the project (BelNPP – editor’s note) and not to put in jeopardy our citizens, our state and the EU as a whole,” said Neverovičius.
In his words, Belarus has undertaken to inform Lithuania about all possible incidents, but Vilnius has to request information independently.
He believes that it is necessary to accelerate the synchronization of the Baltic states with the power grids of continental Europe to prevent the entry of Belarusian electricity to the market of the Baltic States. “The biggest problem is that so far we belong to the united grid with Belarus and Russia. Therefore, we need to connected as soon as possible to Poland’s grid and disconnect all wires from the eastern system,” said Neverovičius.
In June 2018, the Baltic States, Poland and the European Commission signed in Brussels a political agreement on synchronisation of the power grids of the three Baltic States with those of continental Europe. By 2025, the Baltic States will have to withdraw from the BREELL energy ring (Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). The agreement on opening the Russian-Latvian border to import Russian electricity was signed by the Baltic system operators in September 2020.
Lithuania has been objecting the construction of the Belarusian NPP near its border since the very inception of the project. The Lithuanian parliament calls the NPP a threat to national security of the country.
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. The first power unit of the NPP was connected to the national grid on November 3, 2020. End