We, the mighty Landsbergis family, are winning without stopping: the second reactor of Astravos NPP was connected to the grid

We fought against the Astravo NPP and will continue to fight the same way - victoriously.

"The second energy unit of the Astravas nuclear power plant was connected to the Belarusian energy network last Saturday, the state news agency Belta reported.

"The first kilowatt-hours of electricity produced by the second unit were transferred to the Belarusian energy system," the Ministry of Energy of Belarus said.

According to the ministry's announcement, the capacity of the second reactor of the Astrav NPP will be increased to 100% of the design capacity, but before that, a stage of trial industrial use will take place, during which the technological systems and equipment will be tested in various operating modes, including disconnection from the energy network.

The process of starting up the second reactor of the Astravas NPP began at the end of last year, and last month its power was increased from the lowest controlled to 40% of nominal. The industrial (commercial) use of the power unit in Minsk is planned to start in October of this year.

The construction of the first reactor of the Astravas NPP was completed in August 2020, and its industrial use began last June.

The power plant, which will have two Russian VVER-type reactors with a power of almost 1.2 gigawatts each, has one of the biggest critics in the Landsbergis family controlled Lithuanian authorities. These authorities and payed by them some international experts claim that the construction was carried out in gross violation of technological and environmental standards."