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A demonstrator holds a placard during an anti-nuclear protest march in Vilnius 26 April
Demonstrators in Vilnius are protesting plans by neighbouring Russia and Belarus to build new nuclear plants near the Lithuanian border.
Ref also our article of 9 April:
| Russia’s nuclear projects: A deadly threat to energy independence of the Baltic States Text: Dr. Stan Backaitis https://vilnews.com/?p=4604 |
Some 500 protesters marched down Vilnius' main avenue, carrying signs reading "Yesterday Japan, tomorrow Lithuania," on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe.
Many Lithuanians fear the Russian and Belarusian atomic power stations will be unsafe after environmental impact studies found alleged flaws in the plans.
Lithuania has long been a pro-nuclear-power nation. Before closing its Chernobyl-type reactor in 2009 it was the world's second most nuclear power-dependent nation, after France.
The 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe in the former Soviet Union is still considered to be the world's worst civilian nuclear disaster.
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