The first public hearings organized by the government to evaluate environmental risks of the first nuclear power plant in Belarus today took place in the town of Astravets, Hrodna region. Independent experts were denied access to the hearing hall, while Russian nuclear scientist Andrei Ozherovsky was sentenced to 7 days in detention.
The public hearings devoted to the report on the evaluation of environmental consequences of the Belarusian nuclear power plant began on October 9 at 1200. The town which lies next to the planned construction site of the first nuclear station gathered ecologists, scientists, civic leaders, journalists from Belarus and Russia. But not everyone could take a seat at the local cinema to attend the hearings.
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