{"id":44978,"date":"2022-12-19T20:29:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T17:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/russia-builds-belarus-nuclear-plant-to-its-own-loss-putin\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"russia-builds-belarus-nuclear-plant-to-its-own-loss-putin","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44978\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia builds Belarus nuclear plant to its own loss \u2013 Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 19, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Russia continues to build the Astraviec Nuclear Power Plant \u201cto its own detriment,\u201d Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the beginning of talks with Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka in Minsk on December 19.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe first unit is working, and it replaces [&#8230;] about 4.5 billion cubic meters of gas. [&#8230;] We could supply additional gas, but instead the power plant is operating, and the amount of electricity generated corresponds to 4.5 billion cubic meters of gas that Gazprom could supply, but no longer supplies, to the Belarusian market,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe are ready to further develop this project, work and build power units,\u201d he said. He added that it was crucial to \u201ccreate an industry, train national staff and develop science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Belarus builds the nuclear power plant near Astraviec, Hrodna region, using Russian funds and Russian reactor VVER-1200. The general designer and general contractor is the ASE engineering company, the parent organization of Rosatom\u2019s engineering division.<\/p>\n<p>Pilot operation of the first unit began in November 2020, and commercial operation in June 2021. The second unit\u2019s commissioning has been postponed several times. 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