Lithuania questions the future of nuclear energy

  • 2006-05-03
  • By TBT staff
VILNIUS - After the Ignalina nuclear power plant, which generates 72 percent of Lithuania's power, is shut down in 2009, the Baltic state may very well face an energy crisis. Since Lithuania has no connection with the European power grid and depends on Russia for energy resources, specialists say the country could face serious problems in 2009. Despite Lithuania's EU commitment to shut down Ignalina by Dec. 31, 2009, Parliament has already discussed extending the life of the plant's second reactor. Though the proposal was rejected, Parliament's committee on economics has promised to rein...
 
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