The EU could get a new nuclear reactor in Lithuania under a fresh energy security deal signed by Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn in the Lithuanian town of Trakai on Monday (27 February).
The Baltic states' energy pact does not give a schedule for the project, but "invites" the firms Lietuvos energjia, Latvenergo and Eesti Energia "to invest in the preparation and construction" of a new reactor at the Ignalina plant.
Lithuania shut down one old reactor at Ignalina in 2004 under its EU ...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.