Parliament gives the green light to Visaginas NPP...
VILNIUS - Lithuanian Parliament has approved the building of the projected Visaginas nuclear power plant (NPP) and the concession agreement with the Japanese company Hitachi.
A total of 63 MPs were in favor of the draft amendments to the Law on the Nuclear Power Plant, 11 of them voted against with 33 abstentions; applause followed the MP’s decision.
The Social Democrats opposed the Visaginas NPP project most of all.
Energy Minister Arvydas Sekmokas says that the new plant will secure Lithuania's energy independence, attract the biggest investment in the Lithuanian his...
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