Belarus antinuclear campaing

May, 2014

Started in Ostrovetsky district of Grodno region 2009.

NPP construction in Belarus

The works on NPP infrastructure construction (roads, communications ets.) started summer 2009 before:

- EIA procedures by Aarhus and Espoo were even started,

- the project was developed and license issued.

NPP construction in Belarus

Facilities for NPP construction (mini-plant for concrete production) were finished by the summer 2011 before the project were done and license issued.

NPP construction in Belarus

1st reactor building construction was started 31 May 2012 with 6 month before the project was finished and more than 1 year before the license was issued.

NPP construction in Belarus

Belarus antinuclear campaign – is not an organization. It is a public campaign.

Out main aim – to stop NPP construction in Belarus, cancel all the decisions, related to NPP construction in Belarus.We are for the nuclear free development!

The decisions in Belarus antinuclear campaign is taken by consensus of main participants. Each participant can suggest an action or activity and discuss with the others.

Ecohome coordinates the BANC activities.

Belarus antinuclear campaign, Ecohome

NGO Ecohome initiated Belarus antinuclear campaign (BANC), inviting civil society representatives on the meeting in Kiev in autumn 2008. The same year Belarus president Lukashenko took so called “final political decision” to construct in Belarus Nuclear Power Plant.

By the end of 2009 in BANC participated:- Public Association Ecohome - Movement Scientists for Nuclear free Belarus;- Belarusian Green Party;- Public campaign “Ostrovets NPP – is the crime!”

By the 26th 2012 political parties and movements started interact with BANC in Chernobyl Shliah orgranizing.

Belarus antinuclear campaign, Ecohome

- 2009 organized EIA Critic of official EIA and its discussion;

- 2010 organized Public independent expertize of official EIA and promoted it in other countries during EIA consultations and hearings;

- 2011, December organized an International conference on the atom industry problems in Vilnius;

- 2009-2014 street actions, demonstrations, rallies were hold in Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Germany and other countries.

Belarus antinuclear campaign, Ecohome

September 2009 Andrey Ozharovsky was arrsted for 7 days in Ostrovets.

August 2012 Andrey Ozharovsky (10), Tatyana Novikova (5), Irina Sukhy (fined) and Mihail Matskevich (5) were arrested

Belarus antinuclear campaign. Arrests

Public expertize and EIA critic presentation in Vilnius (2010), Vienna (2010)

Belarus antinuclear campaign. Public critic of Belarus NPP

Belarus antinuclear campaign. Actions

Vilnius, 26 April 2010

Belarus antinuclear campaign. Actions

Moscow, autumn 2012

Belarus antinuclear campaign. Actions

• 2009

Belarus antinuclear campaign. Actions

• 2011

Belarus antinuclear campaign. Actions

• 2012

Belarus antinuclear campaign. Actions

• Shernobyl Sliah 2012

Belarus antinuclear campaign. Actions

• Chernobyl Shliah 2013

29 June 2011 the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee took decision, that Belarus violated Convention during NPP construction.

15 March 2013 the Espoo Convention Compliance Committee took decision, that Belarus violated Convention during NPP construction.

28 June – 2 July 2014 the Aarhus decision will adopt by the MOP.

2-5 June 2014 the Espoo decision will adopt by the MOP

NPP construction in Belarus

We heed strong position of the EU and UNECE bodies on the Belarus NPP question.

Could help: letters to government, public statements, media publications, and street actions in EU coutries before the MOPs conventions meetings.

Belarus antinuclear campaign. How to help?

Белорусская антиядерная кампания

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