Deputy Minister: Blackout is unlikely during network synchronization

Nevertheless, Egidijus Purlys emphasizes the need for a responsible badessment of the impact on the stability of the system of all factors, including the construction of the nuclear power plant of Astravo at the Lithuanian border

"With regard to the total accident probability how much would it cost.The transmission system operators of the three Baltic States have calculated (…), even a special tool was developed, which showed that the two-day disconnection between the three Baltic states would cost about 850 million euros.For the Baltic countries to have no GDP (…) Let's talk about figures significantly lower than the 3 billion publicly announced. , the likelihood of such a situation, when for 48 hours, no user in the three Baltic states does not have electricity, is extremely unlikely.

"Very small. There are periods of reconstruction, when the first consumers will probably start recovering electricity after 12 hours, at the latest. (…) Yes, the last users could have recovered the electricity after a long time, for a maximum of 5 days, "explained the Deputy Minister.

E. According to Purlio, in badessing possible threats to the Lithuanian transmission system, additional adverse factors should not be seen. However, for natural disasters, disturbances or other adverse factors at the Astravsk nuclear power plant, the country must be prepared for permanent use.

"Probably in terms of threats, the more the threat is of a technical nature – unplanned accidents, natural phenomena (storms, hurricanes) they are bigger, maybe their size is smaller, but they have to be ready for the daily routine.The Astrava plant has a kind of malfunction – yes, the magnitude is huge, but the probability that the Astravskaya nuclear power plant somehow determines the operation of our networks is very minimal E. Purlys

The networks and the system are safer, the electricity transmission company Litgrid implements at least several projects.

"Various situations or circumstances are possible and we must prepare ourselves for this, which leads to projects such as the Northeast Network Optimization Project … is rebuilt (…), the installation of the second line of the Lietuvos elektrinė-Vilnius line and the Kruonis-A line lytus are a series of projects that will allow us to manage our networks much more efficiently than we could have done so far, "said E. Purlys. 19659009] Former energy minister Arvydas Sekmokas told LRT television that the Astravo nuclear power plant poses a threat to the transmission of Lithuania's Istemis, and a systemic accident alone can cost us $ 3 billion. euro According to A. Sekmokas, it is necessary to dismantle at least two power lines in order not to consume the electricity produced by the Astravsk power station

According to Juozas Augutis, director of the Center for Security Research energy, nuclear security issues "Imagine that an accident similar to that of Fukushima, or for some other reason, and by lack of electricity, entails a risk of rejection in the environment. However, for such a case, I would say that it would make sense that there is a technical possibility to power the reactors in order to avoid a catastrophe for ourselves, and especially for Vilnius, "said Augutis J. on television LRT

. Virbickas says that in 2019, when the first reactor of the Astravsk power plant will be on, it may be necessary that the energy system of Lithuania and the entire Baltic region operate in emergency mode: Astravel will have to shut down the reactor and stop feeding the power station. d & # 39; others. According to him, Lithuania and the other Baltic States are still in the Russian energy system and will have to contribute to it

The European Commission, the three Baltic States and Poland signed a political agreement on the synchronization of electricity networks in June.