{"id":211412,"date":"2026-11-11T18:43:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211412\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T18:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T15:43:06","slug":"agreement-on-third-unit-for-belarus-nuclear-plant-almost-ready-russia-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211412\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement on third unit for Belarus\u2019 nuclear plant almost ready, Russia says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant\n <\/div>\n \n
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November 11, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus and Russia are extremely close to a final agreement on the construction of a third unit for the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, Alexey Likhachev, director general of Russia\u2019s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom), said Minsk on Wednesday following a meeting with Belarusian Prime Minister Alaksandar Tur\u010dyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to industry news website Strana Rosatom<\/em>, Likhachev and Tur\u010dyn discussed the specifications of the new unit as well as the financial and organizational aspects of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likhachev said that talks on the project had already been under way for quite a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likhachev and Tur\u010dyn also discussed other issues, including plans to establish a nuclear medicine center in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An agreement was reached for Russian companies, including Nornickel, to supply electricity storage systems for Belarusian heavy-duty vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likhachev noted that dozens of industrial 3D printers jointly produced by Russia and Belarus had already been delivered to customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian energy ministry announced on October 19 that a framework agreement on the construction of a third unit for Belarus\u2019 nuclear power plant was expected to be signed by the governments of Belarus and Russia by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The construction of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant was completed in the fall of 2023. 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 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 Belarus\u2019 nuclear plant as well its would-be waste storage facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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