Thirty years after Chenobyl contaminated up to a quarter of Belarus, the country is building a nuclear plant of its own with Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, a plant environmentalists and government officials from surrounding countries say has already been plagued by mishaps and secrecy.
Over the past three weeks, tentative news reports that a 330-ton reactor vessel fell from a height of 2 to 4 meters on July 10 in Belarus’s Northwest at Ostrovets, the site of the new Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant. Rosatom is the main contractor on the project.
The vessel fell during an exercise geared toward installing it the next day in front of the media. Russian and Belarusian nuclear officials kept the incident under wraps for more than two weeks.
The apparent coverup was concerning to Nils Bøhmer, Bellona’s executive director and nuclear physicist.
“Rosatom is involved in building of numerous NPP’s around the world,” he said. :This incident could be an example of the safety culture among the construction workers at these nuclear power plants worldwide, and Is an indication that there could be an additional safety concerns when these reactors are put in operation.”
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Data: 04.08.2016
Fonte: www.bellona.org
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