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the Ostrovets nuclear power plant,
which is close to the Lithuanian
border, an “overall positive” review,
following a site investigation that took
place in March.
The stress tests are meant to ensure
nuclear power plants comply with
strict criteria established by the International
Atomic Energy Agency and
were established by the European
Commission and Ensreg as a direct
reaction to the earthquake and
tsunami that caused the shutdown of
the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station
in Japan in March 2011.
The peer review team, which
reviewed an earlier stress test report
prepared by Belarus, comprised of 17
members, two representatives from
the EC and three observers: one from
the IAEA, one from Russia and one
from Iran.
The team praised the Belarusian
authorities for complying with the
review, even though Belarus had no
obligation to do so because it is not an
EU member state.
Following the Fukushima-Daiichi
accident, the EU carried out stress
tests of all its nuclear power plants
and also invited interested non-EU
countries to take part in the exercise.
In a detailed report, Ensreg
addressed three main areas: the site’s
resilience to extreme natural events
like earthquakes and flooding; the
capacity of the plant to respond to
electric power outages and loss of
heat sink; and severe accident
management.
According to the findings, the site
is resistant to earthquakes, flooding
and extreme weather, although the
investigators warned that seismic data
was not fully available and called on
the regulator to make sure run-off water
cannot enter safety-related buildings.
There are two 1,109-MW Russian
VVER-1200 reactor units under construction
at the Belarusian nuclear
station. Construction of Unit 1 began
in November 2013 and of Unit 2 in
April 2014.
The final peer review report is
online: https://bit.ly/2NnOixf
| | europa.eu, www.ensreg.eu,
www.dsae.by
Japan: Approval of energy
plan paves way for reactor
restarts
(nucnet) Nuclear reactor restarts in
Japan have become more likely after
the government approved an energy
plan today confirming that nuclear
power will remain a key component of
Japan’s energy strategy.
The plan, known as the Basic
Energy Plan, calls for a nuclear
share of around 20-22% by 2030. The
nuclear industry group, the Japan
Atomc Industrial Forum (Jaif) has
said about 30 reactors must be
brought back online to meet the
target.
Japan shut down all 42 com mercial
nuclear reactors after the Fukushima-
Daiichi accident. According to the
International Atomic Energy Agency,
the country’s nuclear share in 2017
was about 3.6%. Before Fukushima,
Japan generated about 30% of its
electricity from nuclear and planned
to increase that to 40%
Nine units have been restarted in
Japan since the Fukushima accident.
They are: Ohi-3, Ohi-4, Genkai-3,
Genkai-4, Sendai-1, Sendai-2, Ikata-3,
Takahama-3 and Takahama-4.
The energy plan also strengthens
the government’s commitment to
giving renewables such as solar and
wind power a major role in energy
generation.
The plan, which charts the nation’s
mid- and long-term energy policy,
marks the fifth in a series that is
required by law to be reviewed about
every three years.
The plan also maintains a reliance
on coal-fired thermal power as a
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