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So far, it has been planned to issue a general operating license.
“The regulatory authority will issue permits for each of the first stages of commissioning of the first reactor consistently and taking into account the preparation of the nuclear power plant, and after the completion of all stages, the emission of the operating license for the first reactor, “Gosatomnadzor said in a statement.
The Belarusian Ministry of Energy announced on Tuesday that the “physical start-up” of the first reactor of the Astrava nuclear power plant is scheduled in the next few days.
Belarus’ first nuclear power plant, with two reactors from the Russian VVER project, each with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts, is being built in the Grodno region, about 50 kilometers from Vilnius and less than 30 kilometers from the border with Lithuania. The second reactor is expected to come online approximately one year after the first reactor started.
Lithuania is the biggest critic of the power plant under construction in Belarus and is determined to boycott its access to the electricity market. Meanwhile, Minsk rejects Vilnius’ accusations of non-compliance with security requirements.
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