KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus’ first nuclear power plant stopped generating electricity the day after it was formally opened by President Alexander Lukashenko and some of its equipment needs to be replaced, a Belarusian official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Lukashenko inaugurated the Russian-built and -financed Astravyets plant on Saturday. The plant stopped producing power Sunday because some electrical equipment broke down, according to Oleg Sobolev, a consultant at the Belarusian Emergency Ministry’s department of nuclear and radiation safety.
The problem didn’t pose a threat either to Belarus or to neighbouring Lithuania, Sobolev told the AP. Lithuanian officials long opposed the plant, …read more
Source:: National Newswatch
