{"id":44456,"date":"2022-11-11T17:33:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T14:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lithuania-warns-belarus-against-operating-nuclear-plant-with-unsolved-safety-issues\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lithuania-warns-belarus-against-operating-nuclear-plant-with-unsolved-safety-issues","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania warns Belarus against operating nuclear plant with unsolved safety issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>November 11, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>Lithuania&#8217;s state regulator for nuclear energy (VATESI) has once again urged Belarus to stop operating its nuclear power plant (NPP) until all safety issues are resolved.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t In a letter to the Belarusian Ministry for Emergency Management dated October 31, it insisted that Belarus clarify the reasons for the abnormal events and provide updates on the current status of Unit 1.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &#8220;We have not received any information on safety improvement measures implemented during the planned maintenance of Unit 1 at the Belarusian NPP and the construction and commissioning of Unit 2,&#8221; VATESI head Michail Dem\u010denko stressed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Lithuanian nuclear regulator noted that it had not received from Belarus information on site selection, the NPP equipment\u2019s resistance to seismic events, and compliance with stress test recommendations.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t It forwarded the letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the European Commission, the President of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety, the Chairs of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) and the Western European Nuclear Safety Regulators Association (WENRA).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On November 9, Unit 1 of the Belarusian NPP was reconnected to the grid after repairs which started on April 25 and lasted over six months, instead of the planned 80 days.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Belarusian NPP is located near Astraviec, Hrodna region, some 10 miles away from the Lithuanian border. It has been built with a Russian loan. Lithuania views the plant as unsafe and describes it as a &#8220;geopolitical weapon.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 11, BPN. Lithuania&#8217;s state regulator for nuclear energy (VATESI) has once again urged Belarus to stop operating its nuclear power plant (NPP) until all safety issues are resolved. In a letter to the Belarusian Ministry for Emergency Management dated October 31, it insisted that Belarus clarify the reasons for the abnormal events and provide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44456","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania warns Belarus against operating nuclear plant with unsolved safety issues | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 11, BPN. Lithuania&#039;s state regulator for nuclear energy (VATESI) has once again urged Belarus to stop operating its nuclear power plant (NPP)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lithuania warns Belarus against operating nuclear plant with unsolved safety issues | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"November 11, BPN. Lithuania&#039;s state regulator for nuclear energy (VATESI) has once again urged Belarus to stop operating its nuclear power plant (NPP)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/\"},\"headline\":\"Lithuania warns Belarus against operating nuclear plant with unsolved safety issues\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-11T14:33:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/\"},\"wordCount\":247,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/\",\"name\":\"Lithuania warns Belarus against operating nuclear plant with unsolved safety issues | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-11T14:33:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"November 11, BPN. Lithuania's state regulator for nuclear energy (VATESI) has once again urged Belarus to stop operating its nuclear power plant (NPP)\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lithuania warns Belarus against operating nuclear plant with unsolved safety issues\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lithuania warns Belarus against operating nuclear plant with unsolved safety issues | Pozirk","description":"November 11, BPN. Lithuania's state regulator for nuclear energy (VATESI) has once again urged Belarus to stop operating its nuclear power plant (NPP)","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lithuania warns Belarus against operating nuclear plant with unsolved safety issues | Pozirk","og_description":"November 11, BPN. Lithuania's state regulator for nuclear energy (VATESI) has once again urged Belarus to stop operating its nuclear power plant (NPP)","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/"},"headline":"Lithuania warns Belarus against operating nuclear plant with unsolved safety issues","datePublished":"2022-11-11T14:33:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/"},"wordCount":247,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/","name":"Lithuania warns Belarus against operating nuclear plant with unsolved safety issues | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-11T14:33:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","description":"November 11, BPN. Lithuania's state regulator for nuclear energy (VATESI) has once again urged Belarus to stop operating its nuclear power plant (NPP)","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44456\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lithuania warns Belarus against operating nuclear plant with unsolved safety issues"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/44456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=44456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}