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“Precisely a 12 months in the past, we referred to as on the Ministry of Emergency Conditions of Belarus to judge the protection points raised by VATESI relating to the Belarusian NPP. Since then, we have now acquired solely basic data from Belarus in regards to the regulation of nuclear and radiation security in Belarus. We see that the protection issues of the working nuclear energy plant are nonetheless not being solved,” VATESI head Michailas Demchenko was quoted as saying in a press release launched on Thursday.
In keeping with the inspectorate, the irresponsible strategy to security is more and more proven by unplanned shutdowns of Belarusian NPP energy models and fluctuations within the energy generated by working models. Nevertheless, Belarus doesn’t share details about the unplanned shutdowns of models and their extended repairs, doesn’t clarify the the reason why they need to be stopped, what works are being carried out.
It’s said that VATESI remains to be ready for solutions to the safety questions raised. It’s also requested to make clear the data revealed within the public house in regards to the contamination of the cooling circuit of the reactor of the 2nd energy unit with natural substances, the contamination of the secondary circulation circuit of the first energy unit with radionuclides, the shortcomings of fixing the reactor vessel and the recognized defects and unfinished works.
Belarus can be requested to offer data on the restrict values of the actions of radionuclides launched into the atmosphere.
As well as, VATESI calls on the Ministry of Emergency Conditions and different accountable Belarusian establishments to publish the suggestions made through the worldwide professional missions and the outcomes of their implementation, to offer further data that’s wanted to forecast extra correct potential emergency releases.
Copies of the letter despatched by VATESI have been forwarded to the Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company (IAEA), the European Fee, the European Nuclear Security Regulatory Authorities Group (ENSREG) and the Western European Nuclear Security Regulatory Authorities Affiliation (WENRA).
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