EU to Conduct Safety Review at Belarus Nuclear Plant This Month
- European regulatory experts to visit Belarus this week
- Russian builder rejects Lithuania allegations of safety issues
The Astravets nuclear power plant.
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The European Union’s energy commissioner said on Monday that officials will visit Belarus this week to carry out a previously planned safety review of the nation’s new power plant.
The nuclear station has drawn criticism from neighboring Lithuania, part of the 27-member EU. Rosatom Corp., the Russian state company that’s building the 2,400-megawatt plant, rejected Lithuania’s allegations of safety issues, saying that the process of putting it into service now underway is on track and there have been no reportable incidents or accidents on the site.