Nearly 2,000 people visit BelNPP information center in Ostrovets on monthly basis

The information center of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP) which is being built in Ostrovets is visited by about 2,000 people per month, head of the Information and PR Department of the state company Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant Eduard Svirid told an online conference hosted by BelTA on 1 December.

“Every month our center in Ostrovets is visited by nearly 2,000 people. The center has already been visited by more than 9,000 people. These are curious and open people, who do not live their life with only once acquired knowledge,” he said.

In turn, head of the Minsk nuclear energy information center Tatiana Shlyk said that the center is visited by over 1,500 people on a monthly basis. “Keeping in mind the fact that we attach great importance to the popularization of technical education among the rising generation, our main visitors are students of Belarusian educational establishments. Guests of our capital also show a big interest in nuclear energy,” she stressed.

According to experts, visitors are often interested in the issues relating to the safety of nuclear power plants and nuclear waste management.

The information center in Ostrovets was opened in 2009. The center runs a permanent exhibition dedicated to the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. A new exhibition has been recently opened at the new youth center. Both information centers are open to all, and make use of all available forms of telecommunication: from phone and email to Skype and social networks.

The nuclear energy information center in Minsk was launched in April 2015. It provides all kind of information relating to the nuclear industry: from the number of nuclear power plants in the world to the principle of operation of a nuclear plant. The information center makes an emphasis on new and original ways of presenting the information.