Belarus - World Nuclear Performance Report

Belarus has two VVER-1200 reactors, located at Ostrovets, about 120 km northwest of Minsk. These reactors were the first VVER-1200s to be built outside of
Russia. Unit 1 was connected to the grid in November 2020 and unit 2 in May 2023.

Unit 2 began commercial operation in November 2023. The plant will now provide about 40% of the country’s electricity needs.

In December 2023 the energy minister Viktor Karankevich said that the country was considering building either a second nuclear power plant or a third unit at Ostrovets. 

In October Russia’s TVEL and the Belarusian Organisation for Radioactive Waste Management entered into an agreement to develop infrastructure for  radioactive waste in Belarus, and to train personnel for the operation of a near-surface waste disposal facility.

Electricity generation by age of reactor