LITHUANIA’S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO BE LINKED TO OTHER EU POWER NETWORKS
October 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LITHUANIAN government has welcomed the backing by European Union (EU) heads of government at a summit in Brussels to connect the electricity grids of all the EU countries surrounding the Baltic Sea, to strengthen their energy security. Nuclear-dependent Lithuania (like neighbours Latvia and Estonia) does not have power interconnectors to other EU countries. And with the Ignalina nuclear power plant earmarked for closure in 2009, it may need to import power. Lithuanian president Valdas Adamkus later welcomed the initiative, saying: "This ...
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