Belarus launched 01st nuclear power plant.
Belarus’ first nuclear power plant began operating Tuesday 03 November 2020.
The Russian-built Astravyets nuclear power plant, 50 km (31 miles) away for south of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, has been connected to Belarus’ power grid and has started producing electricity, according to Belarusian electricity operator Belenergo.
The Belarusian energy ministry said it plans to add the first 1.2 gigawatt VVER 1200 reactor to the country’s power system in the fourth quarter of this year.
Construction of the second reactor is scheduled for completion in 2022 and will double the plant’s capacity to 2.4 gigawatts.
The ministry said the plant will meet about one-third of Belarus’s demand for electricity, replacing 4.5 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than seven million tonnes annually.
Belarus has experienced severe radiation in 1986 from neighbouring Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. Chernobyl’s nuclear fallout contaminated about a quarter of Belarus’s territory.
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