Rosatom fleshes out plans for cooperation with Belarus

Director of Rosatom's country office in Belarus Stanislav Levitsky talked about plans for cooperation with the Belarusian side at a science festival in Minsk on 2 September, BelTA has learned.

Stanislav Levitsky said: “We implemented the Belarusian nuclear power plant project but our cooperation does not stop at that. We intend to advance partnership with Belarus in a number of areas. A complex program on bilateral cooperation in the area of nuclear non-energy projects has been worked out.

It provides for setting up joint manufacturing enterprises, for selling high-tech products in third countries, for joint scientific and technical activities, for getting the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and its institutes involved in Rosatom's scientific research and R&D work.” Speaking about a research reactor in Belarus, the executive noted that an intergovernmental agreement is in development. “It is complicated matter. Any project must rest on a clear feasibility study.

Several rounds of negotiations will be held with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and central government agencies to work out the final configuration of the research reactor, to make the decision on how exactly we will implement this project,” Stanislav Levitsky noted. Belarus is considering building another nuclear power plant. Stanislav Levitsky said: “We are always ready to lend a helping help to meet specific needs of Belarus.

If Belarusian partners want to build the second nuclear power plant, then we are ready to participate in it considering our manufacturing cooperation ties and synergy. But Belarus will have to make the decision. We don't influence decision making in any way.