The first unit is supposed to be launched in 2016, the second one in 2018.
The agreement was signed by Alexander Lokshin, deputy director general for nuclear power complex of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and Alexander Ozerets, Minister of Energy of Belarus.
Alexander Glukhov, first vice president of Atomstroyexport CJSC, said that an own nuclear power plant would be a further alternative to the supplies of Russian gas. “The Russian project selected by our Byelorussian colleagues for their first nuclear power plant meets all modern international safety requirements and standards.” “The parties have yet to do much work to form an additional legislative and contractual framework for the project,” Glukhov said.
