Under the Protest of the neighbouring country Lithuania russlandfür White started the controversial nuclear power plant in the EU with an important Phase for the commissioning of the first block. The first fuel rod had been loaded on Friday morning, reported the energy Ministry in Minsk and the Russian nuclear energy group Rosatom.

Until the end of August, more than 160 other fuel rods loaded. The power plant in Ostrowez will be built by the company, Rosatom, which financed the plant to 90 percent with loans. The authoritarian ruled country was affected in 1986 like no other state of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in neighboring Ukraine.

The second Block is to record according to information provided by Rosatom in mid-2022 and its operation. The power plant is located 50 kilometers from the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.