Belarusian nuclear regulator Gosatomnadzor has granted a licence for commercial operation of the country’s first commercial power plant, Belarusian-1, near Ostrovets in western Belarus.
“On 23 October the Board of the Emergencies Ministry [Gosatomnadzor] decided in favour of amending the licence of the state enterprise Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant to carry out activities in the area of usage of nuclear energy and sources of ionising radiation,” a statement said.
“The amendments will allow the enterprise to start launching the first energy unit,” it added.
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