“Unforeseen situation” on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Ostrowiec – Virtual Poland

• Media reported that there has been a dropped reactor nuclear power plant
 

 • Belarusian Energy Ministry: unexpected situation occurred
 

 • Ostrowiec is located 50 km from Vilnius; Lithuania is concerned about the situation
 

to “unforeseen circumstances” occurred on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Ostrowiec (BLR. Astrawiec) – notified the Belarusian Ministry of Energy, referring to the reports of the reactor dropped there.

– unforeseen circumstances arose on the storage body of the reactor of the Belarusian nuclear power plant during the heavy work of his movement in the horizontal plane – informed the representative of the Ministry of BiełTA agency, referring to the general subcontractor Atomstrojeksport.
 

Earlier, independent media Belarusian reported that on July 10 the construction of the power plant, located 50 km from Vilnius, there has been “dropped the reactor during his placement in the reactor” within the trial assembly – weighing 330 tons of aggregate according to these reports, he fell from a height of 2-4 meters.
 

 The ministry said that it currently takes to analyze the situation.
 

– After a comprehensive examination of the Belarusian specialists in information supplied by Atomstrojeksport appropriate decisions will be taken. The Belarusian side will be for this to be primarily the need to ensure the absolute safety of the power plant under construction – said the representative of the ministry.
 

Atomstrojeksport said earlier that circulated on the Internet “information about an alleged emergency situation linking up with damage to the body of the reactor does not correspond to reality.” Subcontractor reported that the body of the reactor is located outside the reactor section and there is no obstacle that was placed at the target site.
 

 Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite accused the Belarusian authorities that decline to answer questions about safety and do not want to let observers into power, which raises concern about the Vilnius.
 

– repeated one after the other cases of failure indicate that our concerns were justified, and therefore Lithuania will continue to strive together with the international community to influence it to meet the demands of safety is guaranteed – she said.
 

Nuclear Power Plant in Ostrowiec will consist of two power units with total capacity of 2400 megawatts. Her first block is to be launched in 2018 and the second in 2020.