The Russian-Belarusian nuclear power plant project, estimated to have a capacity of 2.4 gigawatts (GW) and set to be commissioned in 2018, has been a controversial topic given that the project was signed between Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the midst of the Japanese nuclear disaster.
The D-1 fault runs beneath the No. 2 reactor, and the government doesn't allow nuclear-power plant operators to build reactors directly above active faults.