MINSK, 15 January (BelTA) – Proposals made during the meeting held in Ostrovets on 14 January to discuss with the general public an ecological report on the strategic ecological evaluation of the Belarusian nuclear power plant's spent nuclear fuel management strategy will be taken into account in an effort to polish the report and the draft strategy, the press service of the Belarusian Energy Ministry told BelTA.
As many as 179 people had been registered as participants of the meeting. The number included citizens of Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Representatives of public organizations, ecological organizations, and mass media took part in the event.
During the meeting 12 people asked questions about the report, with answers given to most of them. Answers to questions, which need additional information, will be given within ten days.
The report was compiled by the joint energy and nuclear research institute Sosny of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in association with the state enterprise Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant and the Russian state nuclear industry corporation Rosatom. The timeframe for the public discussion of the report was 17 December 2018 – 15 January 2019.
The Belarusian nuclear power plant is being built near Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast using a Russian design featuring two VVER-1200 reactors with the total output capacity of 2,400MW. The first power-generating unit is scheduled for commissioning in 2019, with the second one to go online in 2020.
