Expert: Reactor replacement is not enough, staff needs to be replaced
Belarus decided to replace the reactor of the first power unit of Astravets NPP, Russian mass media reported on August 11. Journalists referred to Belarusian Minister of Energy Uladzimir Patupchyk who was visiting Tumen, Russia.
The problem cannot be solved by replacing the reactor alone because the biggest issue is the approach to the construction of the first Belarusian nuclear power plant, PhD Heori Lepin told Euroradio.
"If Atsravets NPP staff is capable of letting a reactor fall, they cannot be entrusted with the construction of this object. Highly skilled workers and high-quality machines are required for it. It is not even clear what they were using when lifting the reactor,” Lepin said.
The Ministry of Energy has not officially commented on the replacement on the reactor yet.
