BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
12/10/2007
Chernobyl-hit Belarus to build nuke plant
MINSK, Belarus, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Belarus on Friday said it would go ahead with plans to build a nuclear power plant next year.
RIA Novosti reported that President Alexander Lukashenko made the call for the nuclear power plant to be built next year as the country has few energy options. Planned construction work is to be completed in 2008, allowing for further work.
Belarus depends mainly on Russia for its energy needs, but ties between the two have become frosty since Gazprom, the Russian monopolist, raised prices for its gas sold to Belarus. Nuclear energy, Belarus says, is the only way for it to achieve some semblance of energy independence.
Belarus was adversely affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, and there is some domestic opposition to the proposed 2,000-megawatt nuclear plant.
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