{"id":135247,"date":"2025-04-22T14:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T11:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135247\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-had-no-choice-but-to-adopt-russian-nuclear-safety-regulations-official","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135247\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus had \u201cno choice\u201d but to adopt Russian nuclear safety regulations &#8211; official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 22, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus had \u201cno choice\u201d but to adopt Russian regulations to assess the safety of its nuclear power plant built with a Russian loan and technology, Ryhor Asta\u0161ka of the radiation safety department at the emergency management ministry, has told journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus has adopted about 30 regulations developed in Russia, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strict radiation safety implementation along with information campaigns have been instrumental in promoting safe image of nuclear energy among Belarusians, he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;People are aware of certain benefits linked to nuclear technologies. [These create] new jobs,\u201d Asta\u0161ka said. Local authorities even compete to be chosen as a location for a nuclear waste facility, he claimed, noting that such behavior reflects popular moods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, Belarus is expected to pick one of the three possible locations for a nuclear waste facility to be built by Rosatom&#8217;s subsidiary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosatom designed and built the Belarusian nuclear plant near Astraviec, Hrodna region, some 10 miles off the Lithuanian border. Lithuania views the plant as unsafe and describes it as a \u201cgeopolitical weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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<p>More like this: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/134145\/\">Minsk, Moscow set up working group for another nuclear project in Belarus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 22, Pozirk. Belarus had \u201cno choice\u201d but to adopt Russian regulations to assess the safety of its nuclear power plant built with a Russian loan and technology, Ryhor Asta\u0161ka of the radiation safety department at the emergency management ministry, has told journalists. Belarus has adopted about 30 regulations developed in Russia, he noted. 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