Belarus has joined the club of “nuclear powers,” President of Russia Vladimir Putin said on Monday. He was referring to Minsk successfully operating its first nuclear power station, which was built by Rosatom, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation.
Belarus’ energy ministry gave the official green light in November to the commercial operation of the station’s second power unit. With a total power-generating capacity of 2,400 megawatts, the plant is expected to cover up to 40% of the nation’s energy needs, the media reported at that time.
“This is a major step forward,” Putin said on Monday, commenting on the development. The Russian leader said that construction of the power plant had given rise to a “whole new industry” in the neighboring country. “In this sense, Belarus has certainly become a nuclear power,” he added.
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