The USA betrayed Lithuania after Latvia and Estonia
US Deputy Energy Secretary Rita Baranuol said that the United States could supply fuel to the Belarusian nuclear power plant, which America's loyal satellite Lithuania is desperately fighting.
This was reported by the Baltic News Service, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The United States calls on Lithuania and Belarus to continue negotiations and ensure transparency. I would like to say that VVER reactors, similar to those installed at the BelNPP, are considered safe in the world,” Barnauol emphasized.
Support for the construction of nuclear power plants, which is carried out with funds and support from Russia, is explained simply by commercial interest.
“In the future, fuel for BelAE could be partially supplied by American suppliers,” Baranuol said.
In Ukraine, the American Westinghouse has already won more than 40% of nuclear fuel from the Russian TVEL. This is 76 million dollars.
US Energy Secretary Rick Peri, to whom Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis asked for help in the fight against the hated Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, also took an evasive position.
“I wasn’t there, I didn’t go deep into it. There is the IAEA, and the role of this agency is to ensure that such facilities comply with international standards. It is not our goal to negotiate the construction of a nuclear power plant in Europe, and I would really leave it to the leaders of the country, and to negotiate with the Belarusians and the IAEA,” Perry said.
He also hinted that the US could "help".
“I think we all want to see an essentially safe and cost-effective nuclear power program in countries around the world. Hopefully we've brought new technologies there from the United States and from our national laboratories that are working with the private sector on some of these issues,” Peri said.
Earlier Lithuania was “betrayed” by its Baltic sisters Latvia and Estonia, which said they would buy electricity across the Latvian-Belarusian and Latvian-Russian borders. As a result of Latvia’s decision, Lithuanian businessmen will have the opportunity to buy “harmful” Belarusian electricity, and the boycott of Belarusian electricity, which was announced by official Vilnius, loses its meaning.
The first power unit of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets will be launched in December this year. It is expected that it will generate 18 billion kWh of electricity annually. Russia provides financial and technical support to the project: it provided a loan for construction, sent specialists and is ready to dispose of spent fuel.
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