
Taking part in the consultations in Warsaw on 25 May will be experts of the ministries of environmental protection, scientists and environmentalists. A Belarusian delegation will include specialists of the Energy Ministry, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Emergencies Ministry, Healthcare Ministry and National Academy of Sciences, BelTA learned from the Energy Ministry of Belarus.
An environmental impact assessment report contains the environmental, social and economic description of a nuclear power plant site, a report on its compliance with natural and ecological criteria, the characteristics of the nuclear power plant, preliminary analysis of its impact on the environment and other data. The assessment has been performed in compliance with the legislation of Belarus and the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context and also in line with the IAEA recommendations. The environmental impact assessment report is based on the results of the research into the state of the environment conducted in 2009, design and survey works which were done as the site was selected. The assessment describes the aggregate impact of the NPP facilities on the environment, on the social and economic conditions and health of people.
The Energy Ministry remarked that the consultations on the environmental impact assessment of the future Belarusian nuclear power plant have already been held in Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Austria. After the consultations and debates are over, the environmental impact assessment will be finalized taking into account all remarks and proposals and will be sent for ecological review to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus.







