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“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes that it is important for Lithuania and the entire international community to be guided by official and fact-based information on the situation at the Belarusian nuclear power plant.
Therefore, a prompt response from Belarus is requested regarding the incident, its causes and the impact on the launch process of the nuclear power plant and ensuring nuclear safety, “the report said.
According to the ministry, the note also noted the importance of ensuring a culture of safety at the nuclear power plant in Belarus and reiterated the call for Belarus to suspend the commissioning of the nuclear power plant until the full implementation of the Highest nuclear safety standards, environmental requirements, and stress test process recommendations.
Reuters / Photo by Scanpix / Astravo Nuclear Power Plant
After the so-called Astravo nuclear power plant started last week, the plant stopped generating electricity on Sunday.
On Monday evening, the Belarusian media reported that this had happened after the explosion of several voltage transformers and that the reactor turbine of the power plant had shut down. This information was not confirmed by state authorities.
The Belarusian Energy Ministry claims that the Astrava nuclear power plant needed to replace “some electrical measurement equipment”, but did not give reasons for this move.
The Lithuanian Radiation Protection Center reported that no increase in radiation was detected in Lithuania after the incident.
When we will correct, I don’t know
Representatives from the Astrava nuclear power plant only confirmed Tuesday that the power plant does not produce electricity.
They still don’t mention when production could resume.
“Now the equipment is being adjusted, the commissioning and commissioning works are being carried out. I cannot name the timing of the resumption of electricity production, “a representative of the power plant information center told Russia’s Interfax news agency.
The official opening ceremony of the Astrava nuclear power plant was held in Minsk on Saturday.
Lithuania stopped trading Belarusian electricity as soon as it started generating electricity, on November 3. The country seeks to boycott electricity imports from the Astravo nuclear power plant to make the plant more financially difficult.
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