Belarusian nuclear
power plant

The SEED team reviewed the design parameters of the nuclear power plant the country is constructing against external hazards specific to the site at Ostrovets, northern Belarus. The team also reviewed the authorities’ characterization of site hazards and the process for screening them, and exchanged views with the host on challenges related to external events in light of lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi accident.

Lithuania sees progress in negotiations with Belarus on the Belarusian nuclear power plant project, BelTA learned from Vitalius Auglis, Director of the Pollution Prevention Department of the Lithuanian Ministry of Environment, after the second round of Belarusian-Lithuanian consultations about the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Minsk on 14 September.

A Site and External Events Design (SEED) mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to arrive in December 2016 to evaluate the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant, BelTA learned from Belarusian Deputy Energy Minister Mikhail Mikhadyuk after the second round of Belarusian-Lithuanian consultations about the Belarusian nuclear power plant on 14 September.

Belarus prepares and distributes information on the progress in the BelNPP construction project on a regular basis, BelTA learned from Belarusian Deputy Energy Minister Mikhail Mikhadyuk after the second round of Belarusian-Lithuanian consultations on the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) on 14 September.

Belarus is building the nuclear power plant to make electricity rates affordable for households, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has said as he met with students of the Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University on 30 April, BelTA has learnt.