BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/06/2008

Belarus president urges against delay in development works on nuclear power plant

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko noted that it is inadmissible to postpone the development works on the nuclear power plant construction from 2008 to 2009, reported Belta.

"I am concerned that the preparation for the construction of the nuclear power plant is too slow," the President said. "It looks like that the completion of the development works can be postponed from 2008 to 2009," Alexander Lukashenko noted. "This situation does not suit us," the President highlighted.

The Head of State reminded that the political decision on the nuclear power plant construction in Belarus was passed on January 15, 2008. Specialists identified the concrete terms of launching the first power unit (2016) and the second one (2018). "We have a tight schedule. So we need to organize hard work to settle in time the issues during the preparatory period," Alexander Lukashenko said.

The President also expressed his dissatisfaction with the lack of clarity in respect of the site for the nuclear power plant. The Government and the National Academy of Sciences were to have identified the construction site by May 1, this year. "It is time we took necessary decisions in all areas," he said.

Source:

http://capital.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1235434&lang=EN

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