Expert opinion on construction of battery plant

Professor, laureate of the State prize of Belarus, honored worker of science Sergey Zhdanok has evaluated the technical equipment and the safety of battery plant in Brest

In domestic science Sergey Zhdanok — the figure is known. Over the shoulders of expert more than 400 scientific papers in the field of physics and chemistry of nonequilibrium processes, 56 patents and copyright certificates on inventions. To the above I should add also vast experience with battery manufactures at home and abroad. Wednesday, February 20, Sergey appreciated the level of technical equipment and environmental safety of the plant batteries in Brest. And after talks with journalists that is of concern to local residents.

— Sergey, is there any reason for alarm about the security of future production for the environment? The proximity of the enterprise from the residential area — a little more Than 700 m. such a neighborhood can be fraught?

— Much more we are exposed to harmful substances, for example, from the exhaust of aircraft engines, which are still sometimes run, vehicle exhaust gases, because the next track. Of course, in any country such a project passes the state examination, where professionals of different departments analyze the social and environmental effects, and assess possible risks. Plant this examination was approved, and in terms of safety it corresponds to all modern requirements. I have been to many similar productions in Europe, Russia, USA. What is in Brest — the best that I have ever seen. Here are the latest advancement in the battery structure, and from the point of view of the ecologicaland technological point of view. a-ooo-ajpauer-ustanovleno-sovremennoe-oborudovanie-vedushhix-mirovyix.html">the Newest equipment, processes are automated and minimize manual labor. Filters and cleaning systems that I have read, even exceed the requirements for this kind of production. These systems are made with a large margin. They comply with international standards.

And standards for the location of the plant relative to the settlements fulfilled? Should I worry?

— Similar to what I've seen in other cities it is acceptable. If the degree of isolation of the production cycle allows gas, solid and liquid waste is disposed of in the enterprise and not to throw away, you can even in the city center positioning. Know that nuclear burial grounds in Europe are in the middle of villages where people live? No one is outraged, because that's where the protection level is very high. On the factory in Brest — there did not assumed any emissions to the outside, is the internal recycling of materials and waste. Therefore, I see no threat to the population. Any technical expertise will confirm it. There are regulations in place that allows the public and city leadership to order such examinations, to the results and to articulate in public. Many people simply have no idea how organized the battery production. Lead is applied to products in the form of paste — it's not dust, and material that is not volatile. And the project implies the presence of such plants, which guarantee the absence of air, liquid and solid wastes harmful to the environment substances.

— Battery production in other countries that you have seen, is also located in the city?>

The most recent plant "AKOM" — is the largest in Russia for production of battery products. Yes, it is right in Togliatti, adjacent to residential houses, kindergartens. No dispute on this occasion there arose. On the contrary, today the question about how to develop and expand the company, because it makes a major contribution to the city budget, infrastructure development and job creation. Moreover, the plant is not young, he is already about 20 years. If during this time there were problems, they would have already accumulated and went outside.

Author Tamara VASILKOVA

Source: Newspaper "ZARYA"

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