Astraviec
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Astraviec is a city in the Hrodna Province
of Belarus
, an administrative center of the Astravets Raion
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On 11 October 2011 an agreement was signed to build Belarus’ first nuclear power plant near the city, using two VVER
reactors with active and passive safety systems. The first unit is planned to be completed by 2017.
Hrodna Voblast
Hrodna Voblast or Grodno Oblast is a voblast in northwestern Belarus.The capital - Grodno is the biggest city of the province. It lies on the Neman River. Grodno's existence is attested to from 1127. Two castles dating from the 14th - 18th centuries are located here on the steep right bank of...
of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, an administrative center of the Astravets Raion
Astraviec district
Astraviec district - a district in Hrodna vobłaść of Belarus.The administrative center is Astraviec....
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On 11 October 2011 an agreement was signed to build Belarus’ first nuclear power plant near the city, using two VVER
VVER
The VVER, or WWER, is a series of pressurised water reactors originally developed by the Soviet Union, and now Russia, by OKB Gidropress. Power output ranges from 440 MWe to 1200 MWe with the latest Russian development of the design...
reactors with active and passive safety systems. The first unit is planned to be completed by 2017.