{"id":102429,"date":"2024-08-28T13:54:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T10:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/102429\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"minsk-rosatom-discuss-construction-of-nuclear-waste-site-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/102429\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk, Rosatom discuss construction of nuclear waste site in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 28, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Siarhiej Ma\u015blak, Belarusian minister of natural resources and environment, has discussed the construction of a nuclear waste facility with Andrei Nikipelov in charge of Russia’s Rosatom’s nuclear engineering division at their meeting in Moscow, the nature ministry\u2019s press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian authorities have not yet taken a final decision in the selection of a site to build a nuclear waste facility, even though it is scheduled to start operating by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located near Astraviec, Hrodna region, some 10 miles off the Lithuanian border, the Belarusian nuclear plant has been designed by Rosatom and built with a Russian loan. Lithuania views the plant as unsafe and describes it as a \u201cgeopolitical weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Units 1 and 2 started commercial operation in June 2021 and November 2023, respectively. Spent nuclear fuel will be reportedly recycled in Russia and returned to Belarus for storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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