Nuclear plant faces further delays

Sep 03, 2008
By Staff and wire reports

VILNIUS - The Lithuanian prime minister has said that he believes he will be able to convince the European Union to extend the life of the country’s controversial nuclear power plant. In a Sept. 2 radio interview, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas said that he may be successful in his bid to extend the life of the plant, but only if Lithuania is able to complete a long-anticipated energy link with Sweden by 2012. “If we managed to build this [energy] bridge by 2012, we would have to close ...

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