Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant is a two-unit RBMK-1500 nuclear power station in Visaginas, Lithuania. It is named after a larger nearby town Ignalina. Unit #1 was closed in December 2004, as a condition of Lithuania's entry into the European Union; the plant is similar to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in its lack of a robust containment structure. The remaining unit, as of 2006, supplied about 70% of Lithuania's electrical demand. Unit #2 is tentatively scheduled for closure in 2009. Proposals have been made to construct another nuclear power plant at the same site.
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
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By adrbr @ 2008-06-09 14:24:08
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@ 2019-12-02 08:18:07
The similarity to Chernobyl led to this plant being used as a filming location in the 2019 miniseries of the same name