Russia and Belarus conclude deal on nuclear power plant dispute

Russia and Belarus have resolved all controversial issues related to the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Belarus, Russia's nuclear chief Sergei Kirienko said Monday, RIA Novosti reports.

The Ostrovets power plant is being built by Russia’s Atomstroyexport company, a subsidiary of state-owned nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, under a contract signed in July 2012. The project is expected to be completed in July 2020.

“We have settled all disputes over the work of Russian organizations [involved in the project] and agreed that nothing should be sacrificed,” RIA Novosti quotes Kirienko, the head of Rosatom, as saying at a meeting with Prime Minster Dmitry Medvedev.