Russia is set to build nuclear power station in Belarus :: Charter'97 :: News

In the near future Belarus is to put out tender for construction of a nuclear power station. It has been stated by Prime Minister Syarhei Sidorski in Moscow. Appropriate decisions have been already taken, and now volume and sources of financing, location of the important object are discussed. The Russian side has many times stated its readiness to take part in construction of the first Belarusian nuclear station. There many reasons to think that the tender commission would make a corresponding choice.

As “Rossijskaya gazeta writes”, water reactors are most likely to be used in Belarus. They are the safest for today. Such equipment is produced by Russian enterprises.

Recently Belarusian experts got acquainted with expertise of construction and running of Russian nuclear power station and equipment of this type. It is planned to place two reactors with total power of 2000 megawatt. Construction of the station would cost 1.5-2 billion dollars. The first power unit is to be launched by 2015, and after that in five years natural gas consumption in the country would decrease to 50-55% of the state’s fuel and energy balance thanks to the nuclear power station.

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