Lithuania has made a last-ditch effort to extend the life of its only nuclear power plant, fearing that its closure would boost energy costs and increase the Baltic country’s reliance on its former master, Russia.
The Soviet-era Ignalina nuclear power plant’s remaining reactor is due to be shut down at the end of next year, an undertaking Lithuania made when it joined the EU in 2004. Lithuania hopes to persuade the EU to extend the life of Ignalina through a national referendum. Community organisations and political parties are set to begin collecting the 300,000 signatures needed to hold the fall referendum to delay the closing of plant.
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