News archive on the topic "BelNPP"

Ukraine should support the Baltic countries in their quest for energy independence from Russia. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda stated this, speaking from the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada, as reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent. “A few words about the general worries that the dangerous Belarusian nuclear power plant has thrown at us. The developer of the station, Russia, has not only put the health of the region’s residents at risk, but is also trying to use the power plant project...

The Belarusian nuclear power plant is allegedly a deadly springboard for Russian electricity expansion into Europe. The president of the pro-Western Center for Global Studies “Strategy XXI”, Mikhail Gonchar, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “A new challenge has appeared in the form of the Belarusian nuclear power plant, it is Belarusian only in name. In practice, this is a springboard for Russian electric power expansion into Europe. This creates not only...

And about. Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Vitrenko said that in 2022, the unified energy system of Ukraine will be separated from the energy systems of Belarus and Russia. It is this year that the second unit of the Belarusian NPP is planned to be put into operation. The government was supported by the group “For Democratic Belarus” in the Verkhovna Rada, created by the controversial deputy Alexei Goncharenko. “We turned to the IAEA regarding the Belarusian NPP. While in power...

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is opening financing for the construction of new gas power units at the Minsk CHPP-5 with a capacity of 300 MW, but the payback and loan repayment mechanism is still unclear. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, Kommersant writes. Thus, the EDB provided Minskenergo with financing in the amount of 101,2 million euros for the construction of a peaking plant with a capacity of 300 MW at the site of Minsk CHPP-5 (current capacity 720 MW). EDB financing...

Ukraine turned to Belarus with a request for emergency supplies of electricity due to accidents at two thermal power plants. This was reported today by the Belarus-1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The supply volume will be 500 megawatts. On February 2-3, the Zaporozhye and Kurakhovskaya thermal power plants were shut down due to accidents, which resulted in a significant shortage of electricity in the central regions of Ukraine. At Zaporozhye station, in addition...

The boycott of electricity generated by the Belarusian nuclear power plant by the European Union will be lifted if the current President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is removed from power. Igor Yushkov, an expert at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, stated this in an interview with political scientist Dmitry Bolkunets, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “With Poland there is not even a technical possibility yet. But she looks at it quite pragmatically. The Poles hint...

Experts from ENSREG and the European Commission will conduct an inspection at the Belarusian NPP from December 14 to 22, built according to a Russian project with the participation of Russian specialists using Russian loans. This was reported by Deutsche Welle, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Inspectors will check whether Belarus has complied with EU recommendations on nuclear safety. “My call remains the same: the expert assessment of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets should be...

The nuclear power plant built and put into operation in Belarus by Russian specialists does not pose a threat to its neighbors. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports that in an interview with Kommersant, Vitaly Polyanin, vice-president of Atomstroyexport (the Rosatom structure that builds stations abroad), and head of the Belarusian NPP construction project, said this. The publication asked whether there is any reason for concern in Poland and Lithuania, who doubt the safety of the BelNPP built by Russian nuclear scientists.…

A new development of Russian nuclear scientists, characterized by an increased level of safety, is entering the international market. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports that in an interview with Kommersant, Vitaly Polyanin, vice-president of Atomstroyexport (the Rosatom structure that builds stations abroad), and head of the Belarusian NPP construction project, said this. The publication drew attention to the fact that the BelNPP is the first VVER-1200 project outside of Russia, and asked how this will affect the prospects...

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda called his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko today and urged him to refuse to launch a nuclear power plant in the city of Ostrovets, which is being built with the help of Russia according to a Russian project and using Russian loans. This was reported by the press service of the Lithuanian president, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Ostrovets NPP, especially its location near the Lithuanian capital, is a huge pain...

Belarus and Russia are working to develop a solution to resolve the situation around the Belarusian nuclear power plant. BelTA reports that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced this today at a meeting with the staff of the Svetlogorsk Central Control Commission, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “You know that the Russians were supposed to introduce the first block in 2018, and the second in 2019. But they missed the deadline, and there were huge penalties...

The Russian contractor Engineering Division of the State Corporation Rosatom successfully completed hydraulic tests of the systems and equipment of the primary circuit of the first power unit of the Belarusian NPP for density and strength at a pressure of 24,5 MPa. This was reported by the official website of Rosatom, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The tests took a little more than a day and passed almost in one breath - several minor comments were eliminated during the ascent...

The second “Baltic sister” of Lithuania “betrayed” this small and proud country, which decided to single-handedly fight the nuclear power plant built by the hated Russians in Belarus. Estonia can start purchasing electricity from the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) if it comes through third countries, Timo Tatar, Vice-Chancellor for Energy of the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, said in an interview with ERR. "If trade...

Lithuania is ready to repeat the “feat” of Ukraine, which refused direct supplies of Russian gas in order to buy it more expensively in Slovakia. The small but proud Baltic republic will similarly refuse supplies of Belarusian electricity - for purely political reasons. And this despite the fact that Lithuanian energy does not supply the domestic market today. The fact that Lithuania will block...