BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

01/12/2006

Belarus: Nuclear Power Plant Supported

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said Dec. 1 he supports a $2.5 billion project to construct a nuclear power plant in the country in an effort to make Belarus less dependent on energy imports.The plant, which would take 10 years to build, would have a generating capacity of 2,000 megawatts and is expected to reduce imports from Russia by 24 percent.

Source:

http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?id=281342

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