A preliminary version of the report on Belarus was discussed during the meeting in Vienna. The discussion focused on what things from three components – challenges, proposals, and areas of successful work – will be added to the report.
As many as 160 questions concerning Belarus' national report were submitted by other countries. Only leaders of the world nuclear energy industry received more questions. A huge number of the questions probed the current state of the first and second units of the Belarusian nuclear power plant.
Belarus maintains international cooperation in the field of nuclear and radiation safety regulation in bilateral and multilateral formats. Belarus and the IAEA signed a cooperation framework until 2027.
Oleg Sobolev said: “Other countries and international organizations more and more often contact Belarus in order to study our experience of development of nuclear and radiation safety infrastructure on the basis of modern requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."
ENSREG is conducting a peer review of the national action plan, which Belarus put together after stress-testing the nuclear power plant. According to Oleg Sobolev, the experts are evaluating how Belarus has responded to the proposals made at all stages of the stress tests.