Nuclear energy in Belarus
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Belarus
presently has no nuclear power plants. However, in mid 2006, the Belarusian government approved a plan for the construction of an initial 2,000 MWe PWR nuclear plant, the Belarusian NPP
, in the Mahilyow Voblast
. In February 2007 it was announced that construction would start in 2008, for commissioning in 2014–2015 (later: 2015–2020). The Belarusian Security Council made the final decision for construction on 15 January 2008. The Nuclear Power Act, covering design and construction of nuclear facilities, security, safety, physical protection of facilities and regulation, and also prohibiting the production of nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices, was adopted by the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus on 25 June 2008.
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
presently has no nuclear power plants. However, in mid 2006, the Belarusian government approved a plan for the construction of an initial 2,000 MWe PWR nuclear plant, the Belarusian NPP
Belarusian NPP
The Belarusian nuclear power plant project is a project to construct a nuclear power plant in Belarus. Initial plans for a nuclear power plant were announced in the 1980s, but were suspended after the Chernobyl accident...
, in the Mahilyow Voblast
Mahilyow Voblast
Mahilyow Voblasts or Mogilyov Oblast is a province of Belarus with its administrative center being Mogilyov ....
. In February 2007 it was announced that construction would start in 2008, for commissioning in 2014–2015 (later: 2015–2020). The Belarusian Security Council made the final decision for construction on 15 January 2008. The Nuclear Power Act, covering design and construction of nuclear facilities, security, safety, physical protection of facilities and regulation, and also prohibiting the production of nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices, was adopted by the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus on 25 June 2008.