EU freezes Lithuanian nuclear plant decommissioning funds

EurActiv reported that the European Commission announced on the 13 December 2012 that international donors, among which the largest is the EU, have decided to suspend the funding of one specific decommissioning project in the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania.

ESO: Background information: Lithuania faces funding gap in dismantling of Chernobyl-type plant http://www.europeansources.info/record/lithuania-faces-funding-gap-in-dismantling-of-chernobyl-type-plant/

Wikipedia: Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FIgnalina_Nuclear_Power_Plant&ei=b4vLUJKeCqGu0QXnm4HwBg&usg=AFQjCNEfe0zBXBXS97Fjb9RwwxkWQiQyKg&bvm=bv.1355325884,d.d2k

Website: Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant http://www.iae.lt/en/

European Commission: DG Energy: Nuclear energy; Decommissioning http://ec.europa.eu/energy/nuclear/decommissioning/decommissioning_en.htm

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