Construction of the second commissioning complex of a radioactive waste repository has begun in Belarus

August 24, Minsk /BelTA/. The implementation of the construction project for the second stage of the radioactive waste disposal facility began in Belarus on June 1 this year. This was announced by the Minister for Emergency Situations of Belarus Enver Bariyev today during an online conference on the website of the Belarusian Telegraph Agency. The radioactive waste disposal facility of the communal unitary enterprise for waste management "Ecores" is a near-surface storage facility of the "Radon" type. In 1997, the reconstruction of this facility, owned by the Minsk City Executive Committee, began. The project, which has undergone an expert review by the IAEA, provides for the construction of storage facilities for spent sources of ionizing radiation, a radioactive waste processing facility, a laboratory and technical building, a low- and intermediate-level waste storage facility, and auxiliary structures. Work on the first stage has already been completed. -0-