ROSATOM

The Director General of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) has commented on Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s recent statement about Belarus’ allegedly being in need of another nuclear power plant.

A chain reaction has been successfully launched,” the Ministry of Energy said.

The press service of the Gosatomnadzor has reported on the permission to perform low power physical experiments at BelNPP unit No. 1.

Neighbouring Lithuania actively opposes the launch of BelNPP

This will happen in the pre-election week.

The construction of the nuclear power plant in Astravets is nearly over, Uladzimir Syamashka, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia, said on Wednesday.

Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, the general contractor for building the Belarusian nuclear power plant, has reported about 100 cases of COVID-19 at the construction site in Astravets.

Commissioning of the first unit of the BelNPP is scheduled for 2020, while the second unit is to be commissioned in 2021.

Several groups of Russian specialists will also be sent to Belarus