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Lithuania against Russian nuclear projects near its border

The Japanese situation has generated anxiety in Europe over existing and future nuclear plants, and the new nuclear project in Belarus is no exception. This project is particularly concerning to Lithuania because the proposed site for the nuclear plant is Astraviec, a Belarusian town 23 kilometers (14 miles) from the Lithuanian border and just 50 kilometers from the capital of Vilnius…..

Lithuania Agitates Against Russian Nuclear Projects Mar. 24 2011  Forbes,by STRATFOR, Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said Tuesday that Lithuania is considering asking the European Union to impose restrictions on electricity trading by third parties that generate electric power without complying with nuclear safety requirements. Kubilius directly referenced Russia’s constructing a nuclear power plant in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad as well as a planned Russian-Belarusian project to construct a plant in Belarus. Lithuania has vociferously spoken out against the latter project since a deal was signed March 16 between Russia and Belarus — a deal that would allow Moscow to provide roughly $9 billion in financing to construct the nuclear plant……..
The Russian-Belarusian nuclear power plant project, estimated to have a capacity of 2.4 gigawatts (GW) and set to be commissioned in 2018, has been a controversial topic given that the project was signed between Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the midst of the Japanese nuclear disaster. The Japanese situation has generated anxiety in Europe over existing and future nuclear plants, and the new nuclear project in Belarus is no exception. This project is particularly concerning to Lithuania because the proposed site for the nuclear plant is Astraviec, a Belarusian town 23 kilometers (14 miles) from the Lithuanian border and just 50 kilometers from the capital of Vilnius…..
Lithuanian lawmaker Vytautas Landsbergis has said that constructing a nuclear facility in Belarus — in addition to the Kaliningrad plant — could threaten the safety of Lithuania’s two largest rivers, the Neris and Nemunas, and could even endanger Lithuania’s existence in the event of a Chernobyl-style nuclear accident.

Lithuania Agitates Against Russian Nuclear Projects – Energy Source – How we power the world – Forbes

March 26, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, politics international