Belarus to Cut Russian Gas Imports After Nuclear Plant Begins

Belarus to Cut Russian Gas Imports After Nuclear Plant Begins

from INPO - WANO News and Report by Lee Gliddon

Belarus plans to cut Russian natural-gas imports after starting its first nuclear power plant in 2017. The former Soviet republic will need to burn only half the amount of gas it does now for electricity, saving 5 billion cubic meters of the fuel annually or almost a quarter of imports, Deputy Energy Minister Mikhail Mikhadiuk said today during a conference on nuclear energy in the capital, Minsk.