{"id":49318,"date":"2023-11-15T13:02:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T10:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=49318"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-pm-approves-acceptance-of-nuclear-plants-unit-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/49318\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 PM approves acceptance of nuclear plant&#8217;s Unit 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aaa-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aaa-2.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aaa-2-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aaa-2-1024x454.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aaa-2-768x340.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belarusian NPP&#039;s Vkontakte account)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 15, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. On November 10, Prime Minister Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka signed Directive No. 770 to approve the certificate of acceptance of Unit 2 at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The directive has been published on the National Legal Internet Portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 1, a special government commission headed by Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Parchom\u010dyk accepted Unit 2 for commercial operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the next day, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka approved a draft protocol calling for amendments to an intergovernmental agreement with Russia on NPP construction signed in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian leader\u2019s press office would not elaborate on the proposed amendments. On the same day, the government instructed Energy Minister Viktar Karankievi\u010d to start negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located near Astraviec, Hrodna region, some 10 miles off the Lithuanian border, the Belarusian NPP has been designed by Russia\u2019s Rosatom and built with a Russian loan. Lithuania views the plant as unsafe and describes it as a \u201cgeopolitical weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unit 1 started pilot operation in November 2020, and commercial operation, in June 2021. It was disconnected from the grid on October 6 for maintenance. Unit 2 has been operating in a pilot mode since May 13. It successfully completed the 15-day equipment tests in mid-October, according to Russia\u2019s Rosatom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 15, Pozirk. On November 10, Prime Minister Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka signed Directive No. 770 to approve the certificate of acceptance of Unit 2 at the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP). The directive has been published on the National Legal Internet Portal. On November 1, a special government commission headed by Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Parchom\u010dyk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":8994,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-49318","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus\u2019 PM approves acceptance of nuclear plant&#039;s Unit 2 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 15, Pozirk. 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