Belarusian university to train nuclear engineers

Belarus' higher education establishment is to begin training workers for the country' future nuclear power plant this year. Belarusian National Technical University has launched courses entitled "Steam Turbine Units for Nuclear Power Plants" and "The Construction of Heat and Nuclear Power Plants."

However, competition is not very high. Twenty nine persons applied for the steam turbine course, which enrolls 27 students, and 29 want to be trained in building nuclear power plants, but the enrollment is limited to 25.