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The European Commission proposes to allocate 552 million euros at current prices in the EU's 2021-2027 budget for the decommissioning of Lithuania's Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP).
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
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The amount is envisaged in the Commission's multi-annual budget proposal unveiled on Wednesday.

In line with its pre-accession commitments to the European Union, Lithuania shut down the first unit of the Soviet-era facility in late 2004 and closed the second unit at the end of 2009. It may

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