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Belarus' first nuclear power plant launches despite Baltic unease -…
Belarus' first nuclear power plant launches despite Baltic unease
Baltic rejection
Sanctions
Vilnius immediately cut off electricity imports from Belarus
Latvia said it had blocked imports of energy generated by the plant
Vilnius's arguing the project has been plagued by accidents, stolen materials and the mistreatment of workers
Belarus suffered severe damage from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which spewed radioactive fallout from a plant in then-Soviet Ukraine across large areas of Europe
Protection
Lithuania closed its sole Soviet-built nuclear power plant in 2009
The government in Vilnius has offered free iodine tablets to around half a million people living close to the Belarus border to help protect them from radiation in case of an accident.
Nuclear power plant
Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom built the plant
It has begun producing electricity and been connected to the country's power grid, according to Belarusian electricity operator Belenergo
Called Astravyets
Is just 20km from Lithuania and the European Union
Arguments from Belarusian side
The plant’s design conforms to the highest international standards
Benefits for Belarus
The Belarusian energy ministry said in August the plant's two reactors would eventually supply a third of the country's energy requirements
Project’s launch would help reduce the region’s carbon emissions by up to 10 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent each year
That painful legacy of Chernobyl has fuelled opposition to the nuclear plant project in Belarus.