{"id":56609,"date":"2023-12-20T14:34:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=56609"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-officials-still-ponders-best-site-for-nuclear-waste","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56609\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 officials still ponder best site for nuclear waste\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  \n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 20, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> A final decision in the selection of a site to build a nuclear waste facility has not been made yet, Energy Minister Viktar Karankievi\u010d has told journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He confirmed that the facility will start operating by 2030 as planned. The Belarusian Organization for Radioactive Waste Management set up in February will be responsible for all types of nuclear waste, the energy ministry&#8217;s press office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nuclear power plant would account for 95 percent of all nuclear waste, generating about 180 cubic meters is waste annually, Karankievi\u010d noted. Spent nuclear fuel will be reportedly recycled in Russia and returned to Belarus for storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located near Astraviec, Hrodna region, some 10 miles off the Lithuanian border, the Belarusian nuclear plant 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>Units 1 and 2 started commercial operation in June 2021 and November 2023, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 20, Pozirk. 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