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Not yet clear what Belarus will do with waste from nuclear power plant, researcher says | BELARUS NEWS

Not yet clear what Belarus will do with waste from nuclear power plant, researcher says /naviny.by 4 March 09

It is not yet clear what will be done with nuclear waste from Belarus’ would-be nuclear power plant, Valyantsina Brylyova, a senior researcher at the Sosny nuclear research center, said at Wednesday’s meeting with local resident in Astravets, Hrodna region, where the plant is scheduled to be built.

There will be two options to deal with the waste if the plant is built by Russia, the researcher said.

“Either we will give nuclear waste to Russia for processing and storage or will store it in special containers at the plant’s site. The latter is the most common practice,” she said, adding that “modern technologies allowed storing waste in containers for up to 100 years.

Not yet clear what Belarus will do with waste from nuclear power plant, researcher says | BELARUS NEWS

March 5, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Belarus, wastes