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According to him, Lithuania’s radiation level monitoring stations do not record the increase in the natural background of ionizing radiation.
“There is no reason for the population to worry or take potassium iodide tablets,” the report said.
The Radiation Protection Center states that it constantly monitors measurements, so it would report imminent danger immediately.
The Astravo nuclear power plant connected to the power system last week will no longer generate electricity from noon on Sunday, the Lithuanian operator of the electricity transmission system Litgrid told BNS on Monday.
His representative Jurga Eivaitė told BNS that he could not say what the reasons were.
Belarus’ energy ministry said Monday that the Astrava nuclear power plant needed to replace “some electrical measurement equipment” but did not give reasons for the move.
“Energy Start-up program tests identified the need to replace individual components of electrical metering equipment. Replacement work for this equipment is carried out in accordance with technical regulations. The power unit is currently being tested and operated. in accordance with [paleidimo] stage program. All technological systems operate in normal mode, “the ministry said.
The Belarusian media reports that several voltage transformers have exploded and the first turbine of the reactor has shut down, but this information has not been confirmed.
Aurelija Vernickaitė, an advisor to Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, told BNS on Monday evening that the Ministry has no information on the real reasons why the Astravas nuclear power plant stopped producing electricity.
The official opening ceremony of the Astrava nuclear power plant was held in Minsk on Saturday, which was also attended by the authoritarian Belarusian leader Aliaksandr Lukashenko.
Lithuania stopped trading Belarusian electricity as soon as it started generating electricity, on November 3.
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