{"id":182507,"date":"2026-04-06T22:17:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182507\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:17:52","slug":"nuclear-plant-accounts-for-about-40-percent-of-belarus-electricity-deputy-prime-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182507\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear plant accounts for about 40 percent of Belarus\u2019 electricity, deputy prime minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 6, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Around 40 percent of Belarus\u2019 electricity comes from its nuclear power plant, Deputy Prime Minister Viktar Karankievi\u010d said Monday in Minsk while meeting with Uzbekistan\u2019s First Deputy Prime Minister Achilbay Ramatov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karankievi\u010d estimated the nuclear plant\u2019s output at nearly 59 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At their meeting in Minsk on March 9, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka told Uzbekistan\u2019s envoy Rakhmatulla Nazarov that Belarus is ready to help Uzbekistan build a nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know you are interested in our expertise in building nuclear power plants,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s press office quoted him as saying. \u201cWe gained these skills thanks to the Russians. We work with Russians all over the world where nuclear power units are built. If you\u2019re up for it, come anytime you want. Representatives of Uzbekistan will sit down with Belarusian specialists to discuss the matter, and the minister will issue the necessary instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The construction of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant was completed in the fall of 2023. Russia\u2019s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) acted as the prime contractor in the project, financed with a Russian loan and reliant on Russian nuclear fuel. The plant\u2019s first unit has been supplying electricity to Belarusian consumers since November 2020, and the second one since May 2023. The units began commercial operation in June 2021 and November 2023, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities have recently announced plans to add a third unit to the plant and connect it to the power grid between 2035 and 2038. At the same time, they are not abandoning the idea of building a second nuclear power plant, in eastern Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts say that Belarus has no use for much of the electricity generated by the Belarusian Power Plant and warn that the project has made Belarus even more dependent on Russia. Lithuania expresses grave concerns about the safety of the nuclear plant, which is situated close to its border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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