Belarus keeps Lithuania informed on NPP construction progress

Belarus keeps Lithuania informed on the progress in the construction of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets, Director General of the Belarusian NPP Nikolai Filimonov told Belarusian and foreign journalists, BelTA has learned.

"The Lithuanian side has questions. They ask us, we answer. If they say that the answers are incomplete, we give more information. This is a routine working process,” said Mikhail Filimonov.

The Director General pointed out that the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant is close to the border with Lithuania, so this country’s interest in the project is easy to understand. “This is why they have questions, and we are ready to answer them,” he said.

The Belarusian nuclear power plant is a project to build an AES-2006 type nuclear power plant 18km away from Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast. The Belarusian nuclear power plant will have two power-generating units with the total output capacity of up to 2,400MW (2x1,200MW). In line with the general contract for building the nuclear power plant the first power-generating unit is scheduled for commissioning in 2018, with the second one to go online in 2020.