3/05/2007

Poland, Lithuania Agree On New Ignalina Nuclear Facility

The prime ministers of Poland and Lithuania Friday signed a joint statement of political intent to co-operate on building a new nuclear power facility at Lithuania's Ignalina nuclear power facility, Polish Radio reported.

Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and visiting Lithuanian Premier Gediminas Kirkilas termed the move in Warsaw an "important step" in the construction of a new reactor with the participation of European Union members Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The three latter Baltic states agreed to co-operate on the expansion of Ignalina last year.

As part of the project, Poland has agreed to hook-up its electrical power grid with that of Lithuania, thus allowing greater energy co-operation between EU states.

Lithuania has promised to close down Soviet-built reactors at the Ignalina facility by the end of this decade while initial plans call for the first new nuclear power facility to be constructed within the next decade.
Source:playfuls.com



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