The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus issued a license on October 24 for the industrial operation of a second power unit at the Astravets nuclear power plant. The first energy block of Belarus’s only nuclear power plant was connected to the country’s power grid in November 2020, but its operation was suspended several times for repairs. Built by the Russian state-owned firm Rosatom and financed by Moscow with a $10 billion loan, construction of the power plant near the city of Astravets, in the western Hrodna region, was opposed by Lithuania, whose capital, Vilnius, is just 50 kilometers away. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Belarusian Service, click here.
Belarus Issues License For Second Unit Of Nuclear Plant
Belarus's Astravets nuclear power plant in the Hrodna region. (file photo)