BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
12/01/2009
Belarus plans to build nuclear power station, Lithuania opposes project
The Lithuanian authorities expressed their concerns on Minsk's plans to build a nuclear power stations, suggesting that previous meetings of the representatives of the European Commission and of Belarus should take place before the application of the project, according to a declaration made yesterday in Prague by the Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Vigaudas Ushatskas, at the end of his meeting with Benita Ferrero - Waldner, European Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, the Baltic press agency announced, as quoted by Agerpres.
"The Lithuanian political class and civil society wish to express their concern on certain issues related to energetic security and the impact upon the environment of the nuclear power station Belarus intends to build," the Foreign Affairs Minister of Vilnius declared during his discussions with Benita Ferrero - Waldner, according to the Press Service of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Therefore, the Minister Vigaudas Ushatskas suggested that special counseling meetings should be organized, including representatives of the European Commission, and those of Belarus, approaching the subject of respecting the rules regarding energetic security, included in the International Conventions in this field, and performing independent studies in order to estimate the impact of the Belarusian nuclear power stations upon the environment. "The main alternative for reducing Lithuania's energetic dependency is to realize, as soon as possible, unification projects in the electric systems of the Baltic countries and those of Poland and Sweden, especially considering the closing of the nuclear power station in Ignalin (Lithuania), in 2009."
Belarus intends to build a nuclear power station in Mogiliovsk, planned to come on line in the year 2020 with a generation power of 2,000 MW.
Source:
http://www.nineoclock.ro/index.php?page=detalii&categorie=business&id=20090109-514163
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