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Belarusian nuclear reactor begins commercial production amid protests from the Baltics  via Bellona

Published on November 4, 2020 by Charles Digges Belarus’ first nuclear power plant began operating Tuesday, a project that has caused jitters in neighboring Lithuania, which immediately cut off electricity imports from the Belarusian plant. The Russian-built Ostrovets nuclear power station, 40 kilometers … Continue reading

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Belarus cranks up 1st nuclear plant; Lithuania is fearful via AP

MOSCOW (AP) — Belarus’ first nuclear power plant began operating Tuesday, a project that has spooked its neighbor Lithuania, which immediately cut off importing electricity from Belarus at the news. The Russian-built Astravyets nuclear power plant, 40 kilometers (25 miles) … Continue reading

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Lithuania Fears Belarusian Nuclear Plant Hasn’t ‘Learned Lessons Of Chernobyl’ via RadioFreeEurope

By Matthew Luxmoore ASTRAVETS, Belarus — Mikalay Ulasevich was running in municipal elections in July 2016 when a local resident alerted him to a major accident at a nuclear power plant under construction close to this town in northwestern Belarus. Workers … Continue reading

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Lithuania taps up Commission for more nuclear decommissioning funds via Euractiv

Lithuania is in the middle of decommissioning an unsafe Soviet-era nuclear power plant and its energy minister last week courted EU Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger for more financial support after 2020. When Lithuania signed its EU membership deal, the Baltic … Continue reading

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A Preventable Nuclear Threat You Most Likely Don’t Know About via National Geographic

Vilnius, Lithuania–A tiny European country at the edge of the western world worries that it is in the path of what could be the next Chernobyl-level disaster. The government of Lithuania fears a Russian nuclear reactor under construction in its … Continue reading

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Lithuanian conservatives collect almost 65,000 signatures against Astravyets N-plant via The Baltic Times

The conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats claims to have collected nearly 65,000 signatures of the nation’s citizens supporting an initiative against the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Astravyets. The conservatives’ bill, which aims to prohibit the sale of electricity generated … Continue reading

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Funds on condition for EU decommissioning via World Nuclear News

More European Union money will go to decommission nuclear reactors in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania, but the bloc’s Council of Ministers has requested tighter project management. There are two new regulations, one to support the decommissioning in Lithuania, and the … Continue reading

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Lithuania urges Belarus to comply with nuclear safety regulations via The Baltic Course

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has urged Belarus to comply strictly with international nuclear safety and environmental regulations while developing its nuclear energy sector. Next, to adequately implement provisions of the United Nations Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment … Continue reading

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Funding gap for nuclear decommissioning in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia via European Parliament News

Defects in the EU’s nuclear decommissioning programmes in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia include cost overruns, delays, lack of coordination and supervision, diffused responsibilities, too much money going to unrelated energy projects and ill-informed priority setting, say Budgetary Control Committee MEPs … Continue reading

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Lithuanians near old nuclear plant fear for their lives via The Washington Times

The parking lot outside the atomic power plant is weedy and potholed. Bus stops that once teemed with hundreds of workers are eerily empty. Yet the stillness at Ignalina, a Lithuanian nuclear plant built in the 1980s Soviet era, belies … Continue reading

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