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Thirty-five years on from the Chernobyl accident, Ukraine and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have highlighted their commitment to cooperation in nuclear power. Meanwhile Ukraine’s nuclear regulator has launched the start of operations at a new storage facility for used nuclear fuel at the Chernobyl site.  

Date: Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Title

Three Baltic states and the EU itself have expressed concerns about safety at the Russia-backed project Image courtesy Creative Commons / Flickr / Mr.TinDC. Lithuania does not see a problem with Poland’s proposed nuclear power programme, but has concerns about the Russia-supplied Belarusian nuclear power station under construction near its border in Ostrovets, Lithuanian energy minister Dainius Kreivys told Polish energy portal Biznes Alert.

Mr Kreivys said in the interview: “The Polish nuclear project, which is being developed under European Union regulations, cannot be compared with the Russian project in Belarus, which raises growing concerns.”

He said Lithuania was not consulted over the deployment of the two-unit Belarusian nuclear station and it is in violation of the Espoo Convention, which requires trans-border consultation on nuclear facilities.

Mr Kreivys raised questions about the independent status of the Belarusian nuclear regulator and said that the Belarusian station had failed 27 stress tests with only a handful of issues having been addressed.

Date: Thursday, 25 March 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/energy-minister-says-belarusian-nuclear-project-raises-growing-concerns-3-3-2021

The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (Ensreg) has approved the preliminary report on a peer review of the new Belarusian nuclear power plant in Ostrovets. Adopted by consensus on 3 March, the report follows a mission by Ensreg technical experts to the plant site on 9 and 10 February.

Date: Saturday, 06 March 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ensreg-approves-Ostrovets-peer-review-report

Move comes in relation to Belarusian facility, which is nearing completion The Belarusian nuclear station, where two units are nearing completion. Courtesy Rosatom. The European Council has asked the European Commission to investigate possible measures preventing commercial electricity imports from third countries’ nuclear facilities that do not fulfil EU recognised safety levels.

The move comes in relation to the new Belarusian nuclear power station near Ostrovets, where two Russia-supplied plants are nearing completion. Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is the general contractor for both plants and the cost of the two units, largely funded by a loan from Moscow, has been reported as $11bn (€9.3bn).

The decision was announced on Friday following a meeting of the Council in Brussels that also discussed issues including climate change, Covid-19 and security issues.

In a document outlining the meeting’s conclusions, the Council said it “underlines the importance of ensuring nuclear safety of the Belarusian nuclear power station Ostrovets”.

Date: Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/council-calls-for-possible-measures-on-electricity-imports-from-nuclear-plants-12-5-2020