BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

01/12/2006

Lukashenko sees no alternative to establishment of nuclear power engineering in Belarus

"The question of establishing our own nuclear power engineering practically has no alternative in guaranteeing Belarusian national safety and is a condition for proving the country with cheap energy," Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said at a session on increasing energy security of the Republic of Belarus, Press center of nuclear energy and industry informs.

The president said that today that proportion of imported energy resources in the general amount of the resources consumed in Belarus is about 85%. "It is the true reason for our dependence on the foreign supplies," Alexander Lukashenko said.

According to him, there are several ways to overcome this dependence. At a general session of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences researchers and experts voted unanimously for construction of a nuclear power station in the country and starting preparatory works as early as this year.

Source:

http://www.regnum.ru/english/748551.html

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