Belarus NPP

First BelNPP power unit to be shut down for 80 days while second unit prepared for launch
BelNPP will be fully operational as early as this year
25.02.2022
‘Threat to entire region’: Lithuania refutes Ukrainian official’s info about its buying Belarus NPP energy
Lithuanian officials have denied the recent allegation of the country’s purchasing electricity from Belarus.
22.10.2021
Ministry of Energy: Belarus will need storage facility for radioactive waste already in 2030
Waste from BelNPP and other manufacturers will be stored there.
23.07.2021
German Bank refuses €100 million loan to Belarus
Earlier, Sweden refused to insure transactions for the purchase of turbines
14.06.2021
Prime Ministers of Poland and Lithuania support fight for democracy and freedom in Belarus
Poland and Lithuania declared their support for Belarus.
04.05.2021
Radioactive waste storage facility to be constructed in Belarus
A storage facility for radioactive waste of the Belarusian nuclear power plant will appear in Belarus in ten years, the Minsknews agency reports with reference to Leanid Dzedul, first deputy head of the state agency for nuclear and radiation safety (GosAtomNadzor).
14.04.2021
Energy Ministry comments on information about BelNPP failures
Information about the failure in the work of BelNPP was denied
08.03.2021
Energy Ministry says scheduled tests underway at NPP
“The need for additional correction of the operation of the covers of the steam sound absorbers has been identified.”
03.12.2020
Lukashenka okays terms of commissioning Belarus NPP power units
Alyaksandr Lukashenka signed a decree on the timing of commissioning two power units of the Astravets nuclear power plant (BelNPP).
01.12.2020
Lukashenka opens BelNPP in Astravets
Lukashenka examined the territory of the station from a helicopter.
08.11.2020
Belarus becomes nuclear as chain reaction gets launched at first unit
A chain reaction has been successfully launched,” the Ministry of Energy said.
13.10.2020