Updated at 13:52,22-04-2024

Belarus' nuclear power plant launch shifted for one year

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Belarus' nuclear power plant launch shifted for one year
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The launch of the first rpressure chamber casing to arrive by the end of this year. It will be mounted in the spring of 2017. Based on this timeline, the first block will be launched in 2019," reports BELTA quoting the deputy prime minister.

Syamashka exlplained the delay by the incident with the dropped reactor casing last summer.

"As it is known, the reactor casing was dropped. The regulator decided we could not accept that casing," explained the official.