An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986, in the northern part of what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic remains one of the biggest man-made disasters of all times, with long-lasting health consequences for people in the plant’s vicinity and those sent to deal with the accident. […]
Developers of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus say they will perform stress tests on the facility to make sure it is safe even in extreme circumstances. […]
An International Atomic Energy Agency mission (IAEA) is coming to Lithuania for the first time to assess nuclear and radiation safety in Lithuania. IAEA experts will meet with Lithuanian authorities and business representatives, visit and […]
EU Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete supports Lithuania’s position that Belarus‘ nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets, some 50km from Vilnius, must comply with all Espoo Convention and nuclear safety requirements, the Environment Ministry said on Friday. […]
Estonia‘s environment minister supports Lithuania’s concerns about Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant that Belarus is building just 50km from Vilnius, according to Lithuanian Ambassador Neilas Tankevičius. […]
Lithuania can still stop the construction of Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus, says Russian engineer Andrei Ozharovsky who has been banned from entering Belarus due to his outspoken opposition to the project. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is planning to raise the issue of Belarus’ Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., this week. […]
Lithuania’s major political parties will work out an agreement to present a unified front opposing the threat posed by the construction of a new Belarus nuclear plant and to send a clear message that electricity from the plant will face restrictions. […]
Lithuanian Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister of State Yosuke Takagi on using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. […]
The Lithuanian government does not expect Belarus to take retaliatory measures against Lithuania over the country trying to block the construction of a new Belarusian nuclear power plant at Astravyets, said Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis. […]
Lithuania is demanding that the construction of a Russian-funded nuclear power plant in Astravyets, Belarus, will meet international standards. The plant is only 50km from Lithuania‘s capital Vilnius, meaning in the case of an accident, the city would be in plant’s evacuation zone. […]
Belarus has said the country’s experts will respond to all questions that Lithuania has raised about safety issues of its planned Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant in December. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has denied reports published by the Russian media, claiming that Lithuania and Belarus had agreed on the construction of Astravets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) as required by the Espoo convention regarding environmental impact assessment. […]
With a Russian-made reactor to be delivered to the site of Belarus‘ Astravyets nuclear power plant at the end of this month as part of plans to launch the first unit in 2018, Lithuanian experts are concerned about the safety of the world’s “cheapest” nuclear facility, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reports. […]
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