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“Greens” protest against NPP in Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, and Kaliningrad

Petras Vaida, BC, Vilnius, 14.03.2012.Print version
On Wednesday, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Kaliningrad's greens and non-governmental organisations are organising a united trip by buses and cars from Daugavpils to Vilnius. This is how they are going to protest against building nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, and Kaliningrad region.

According to the initiators of the trip, meetings with residents of Daugavpils, Ignalina, Zarasai and Vilnius will be scheduled, reports LETA/ELTA.

 

Final trip's destination is a picket at the Office of the Seimas in Vilnius.

 

According to Tomas Tomilinas, an organizer of the protest, it is organized to draw people's attention to nuclear waste disposal problems which will occur after launching new "nuclear monsters". He said that out-of-date electricity generation technologies are being used in nuclear energy, he also reminded of Chernobyl and Fukushima victims and financial losses those countries suffered from due to a liquidation of the accidents' consequences.






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