Nuclear energy

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.

The NordBalt submarine power cable between Lithuania and Sweden, which is due to start functioning by the end of 2015, casts doubts on whether Lithuania still needs a nuclear power plant.

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 repor...

Lithuania’s stalled project on the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas, in the eastern part of the country, is at the most advanced stage, compared to similar projects in Europe, Lithuania’s Energy Minister has said, adding that the construction of the facility could be launched w...

Not long ago, on 2 April 2015 an agreement was reached in Lausanne, Switzerland, that was referred to as “historic”. The agreement was concluded between The Six (five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council + Germany) and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran takes the responsibility t...

European Commission officials have checked progress in decommissioning of Lithuania’s shut-down Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP).

Big changes often seem to move forward painfully slowly, while the most sweeping of them get triggered by steps no one thought very consequential. It is especially true of the policies of the European Union with its notoriously cumbersome decision-making procedures and contradictory interests. Could...

Seimas Deputy Speaker Gediminas Kirkilas wants to include Poland in the planned construction of Visaginas nuclear power plant (NPP).

The prime ministers of Latvia and Estonia, who are on a visit to Lithuania on Friday, have emphasised that their countries will participate in Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project if it generates a return on investment.

Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis expects that talks with Latvia and Estonia on the project for building a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas will move ahead after Estonia forms a new government.

In 2015, the decommissioning process of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) will enter its crucial stage. The main disassembly work is scheduled to be completed by 2028.

During his visit of Klaipėda Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal on Friday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius told the media that discussions with Estonia over Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (VAE) project have been renewed.

Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis has admitted that talks with Latvia and Estonia on the multi-billion-euro project for building a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas are proceeding too slowly and called for patience, saying that it will take more than a year until a final decision on the p...

The Baltic countries still have no final answer to the question of whether the multi-billion-euro project for building a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas, in eastern Lithuania, would be sufficiently competitive, Lithuanian Deputy Energy Minister Aleksandras Spruogis said on Friday, adding that t...

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has met the Hitachi executive in Davos and says the Japanese energy company is still interested in the Visaginas nuclear power plant project in Lithuania and investments into Lithuania's other economic sectors.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius told his Baltic counterparts in Tallinn on Friday that he would “step up” negotiations with the Japanese corporation Hitachi and partners in Latvia and Estonia on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Visaginas.

A discussion between the three Baltic countries on going forward with a new nuclear power plant project in Visaginas, Lithuania, will soon move to a political level, Lithuania’s parliamentary speaker has said.

Both sites chosen for the construction of a new Lithuanian nuclear power plant in Visaginas (VAE) are suitable, the Lithuanian State Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, or VATESI, has stated.

Lithuania in the future will be able to choose between "green" energy from the European Union and nuclear energy from Russia, an economist at Nordea bank said on Wednesday.

Once Japan restarts its nuclear capabilities, it will reduce its reliance on LNG. As a result, global LNG prices should drop, benefiting European states that are eyeing LNG as an alternative to Russian gas. This is particularly crucial for such Eastern European states as Lithuania and Poland that ha...