Lukashenko: It would be extremely advantageous for Belarus to have two nuclear power plants

It would be extremely advantageous for Belarus to have two nuclear power plants. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the government conference held on 20 October to discuss the improvement of the system of planning and overseeing the implementation of strategic projects, BelTA has learned.

The head of state described the Belarusian nuclear power plant as a strategic project. He reminded that before this project the country had not explored such technologies and the construction of the nuclear power plant had led to the emergence of a new industry. The implementation of this project began thanks to persistent urging of the president.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Two sites were chosen. One nuclear power plant was built. Today our ratio of consumption of electricity generated by nuclear energy to the total electricity generation is higher than that in the United States of America and even in Russia. We generate about a quarter of the total thanks to peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Today I am carefully leading you to the idea that it would be nice to have a second nuclear power plant in the country. It would be very, very profitable.”

In his words, the relevant considerations are at the initial stage. “Either we add two units to the existing nuclear power plant or build two units in Mogilev Oblast where the second appropriate site is located. And then we will get more than half of electricity from a nuclear power plant. A clean and very profitable product,” he stressed.