“As a result of the meeting, a decision was made to develop the Ostrovets nuclear power plant and implement the second stage: the construction of a third power unit,” he said. “At the same time, work will be organized to study potential sites in Mogilev Oblast. This additional research will determine where nuclear energy could be further developed in the future, should rising electricity consumption require additional capacity, specifically in Mogilev Oblast.”
Both processes (the construction of the third unit at BelNPP and the site study in Mogilev Oblast) will proceed in parallel, the deputy prime minister explained. “But the decision on the second stage of BelNPP is already made, and we will now move forward with it.”
As for the possible construction of another nuclear power plant in Belarus in the future, Viktor Karankevich noted: “Any further decision on the development of nuclear energy will be linked to the growth of electricity consumption.”