Chernobyl and Eastern Europe writes about plans to keep Lithuania's nuclear reactor open [1], despite an agreement with the EU to shut it down in 2009: “The reactor currently supplies 70% of Lithuania’s electricity, as well as power to Latvia and Estonia. Many Lithuanian leaders and citizens want to renege on the agreement, fearing the closure will cause a problematic reliance on Russia for the country’s electricity needs.”
Lithuania: Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
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