There have been rumors since May that a repository for nuclear waste from the Belarusian NPP could soon appear close to the town of Lyntupy in north-western Belarus
Activists urge to prevent the construction of a radioactive burial ground
The Nuclear Research Institute “Sosny” has indicated in its report that the repository should be located in the 5-kilometer zone around the Belarusian NPP and that several possible sites had already been found within this radius
The distance from the construction site of the nuclear power plant to the potential quarry is about 50 km
Euroradio decided to check the rumors and find out whether the town of Lyntupy was indeed chosen as the disposal site for the nuclear waste from the Belarusian NPP
The customer for the quarry at Lyntupy is the Pastavy road maintenance and construction department No
told Euroradio that no repository was being built:
There will be no construction of a burial ground at Lyntupy
On the sixth of June there will be a meeting
And we will once again explain everything: for what purposes
the damage to the environment - we are doing everything within the law of Belarus
there have been a notice on the public discussion of the environmental impact report about the new quarry near Lyntupy put out by the  Pastavy regional executive committee. 
“The quarry under Lyntupy will be for the extraction of road-building materials for the repair and construction of roads in the Pastavy region,” continues Stanislau Rahinya
it was decided to develop part of the Vintsantauskaye deposit
the necessary research has been carried out
It is assumed that the new quarry will reduce the cost of road works -- its development will save money on transportation
road repair will become cheaper,” explains the director of the road maintenance department
The quarry is to be developed in the northern part of the field
there are no water bodies and specially protected areas
“But the southern part of the field is located in the water protection zone of the Olksna River
and it is not planned to be developed,” Stanislau Rahinya assured
The local eco-activists from "Green Watch" are worried
But not because of the radioactive waste of the Belarusian NPP
the “Sarachanskiye Lakes” reserve may be in the zone of possible negative influence of the pit
They scientists fear that the consequences of the quarry development may affect the ecosystems of the Olksna
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A six-month-old fox is a good friend of the cat in Belarusian town of Pastavy
As the house lady Volga Vyartsinskaya said
she was asked to take in the fox by friends
They found small and blind fox cubs in a haystack and fed them
they started giving the owners a lot of trouble
but they soon became friends with the small fox named Lisa
The owner said that Lisa loves to bathe in a bath after walking around the yard
She also likes to steal candy and cheese.&nbsp;
The owner does not know what the future holds for Lisa