The Energy Ministry intends to accelerate the upgrade of power distribution networks, Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich told the media after delivering a report to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on the completion of the BelNPP construction and measures to increase the availability of electricity for house heating.
"The project of the Belarusian nuclear power plant construction is at the final stage,” the minister said. The first power unit has been put into operation and has already worked through two maintenance cycles. It was put into the second preventive maintenance on 6 October 2023.