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Sergey Boyarkin and Igor Konyshev (Rosatom) at the Kaliningrad NPP presentation. Riga, 27.01.2011.

Despite the fact that Russia has not ratified the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, which lays down the general obligations of states to notify and consult each other on all major projects under consideration that are likely to have a significant adverse environmental impact across boundaries, the Russian experts agreed to inform various Latvian institutions and organizations about their report on the assessment of the plant's impact on the environment, as the spokesperson for the Environmental Protection and Regional Development Ministry, Dace Satrovska, informed LETA.

Russian experts' task was to inform the Environmental Protection and Regional Development Ministry, several other governmental institutions and representatives of non-governmental organizations about the assessment of the impact of Kaliningrad nuclear power plant on the environment, which was carried out already in 2009.

The ministry has concluded after the presentation that the power plant in Kaliningrad will be very safe and will not detrimental to the environment, said Satrovska.

Implementation of the project in Kaliningrad will continue at a fast pace. The first unit will be launched already in 2016. During such projects there are always concerns about emergency situations, however, Russian experts confirmed that everything is in order, said Satrovska.