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Courtesy IAEA. An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a nuclear security advisory mission in Belarus, saying the country has demonstrated its strong commitment and continuous efforts to improve its national nuclear security regime.

The scope of the two-week International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission, carried out at the request of Belarus’ government, was to review the national security regime for nuclear material and associated facilities and activities. It included a review of physical protection measures at Belarus’ first commercial nuclear power plant, Belarus-1, at the Ostrovets site, security aspects related to the transport of nuclear material, and to computer security in nuclear facilities.

The team said Belarus has established a nuclear security regime with essential elements from the IAEA’s guidance on the fundamentals of nuclear security.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/iaea-completes-nuclear-security-advisory-mission-7-1-2021

The power level of unit 1 at Belarusian nuclear power plant was raised up to 400MW on 7 November.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelarus-1-reaches-design-capacity-8354256

The Belarusian nuclear power station near the border with Lithuania. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will not buy electricity from Belarus after an agreement was reached about buying electricity from third countries, local press reports said.

Under the agreement, the trade in electricity with Belarus will stop when the Belarusian nuclear power plant near Ostrovets in western Belarus begins operation and a system of certificates showing the origin of electricity will be introduced.

Electricity from Ostrovets, where two reactors are under construction, would otherwise reach Baltic markets through Latvia, which buys electricity through the Russian grid. Latvia agreed not to buy electricity from Ostrovets last week.

The new agreement is valid until the synchronisation of the Baltic electricity systems at the end of 2025.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Saturday, 05 September 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/baltic-states-agree-not-to-buy-electricity-from-new-nuclear-station-9-5-2020

The cost of used nuclear fuel management at the Belarus nuclear plant is estimated at $2.5-3.5 billion, according to responses to the environmental report on the strategic environmental assessment of the plant’s draft management strategy, Belta reported on 30 January.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Monday, 04 February 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelarus-npp-looks-at-used-fuel-management-options-6969144

On 31 December 2009, Lithuania shut down Ignalina 2 – its last operating nuclear reactor which supplied almost 70% of the of the country’s electricity. The closure of the 1500MW unit will have major economic and political implications. The Lithuanian government forecasts a 30% increase in electricity prices while Lithuania – previously an electricity exporter – and neighbouring Baltic States are likely to become dependent on Russia for energy imports.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Monday, 04 January 2010
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgoodbye-ignalina-2