Estonia close to pulling the plug on nuclear power project
03.11.2008, 09:08
Estonian leaders seem to have made a
principle decision that Estonia would distance itself from the Ignalina Nuclear
Power Plant project.
Postimees writes that both Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and Eesti Energia CEO
Sandor Liive said on Friday that if Estonia decided to opt for nuclear power,
the priority should be in building its own nuclear power plant.
This marks a new shift in thinking since it is the first time in the last two
years when the government and Eesti Energia have been promoting the Ignalina
project as the answer to Estonia’s energy problems.
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“We are not ruling out participation in the Lithuania project, but if our
long-term objective is to use nuclear power than we should prepare the
construction of our own reactor. We cannot rely on the Lithuanian project,” said
Liive.
Liive said that the Lithuanian project was derailed because of political
disputes in Lithuania. Prime Minister Ansip added: “I don’t know whether the
whole Baltic nuclear power plant project has come to an end now, but I am most
dissatisfied about its development timetable.”