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Belarus Goes Nuclear

May 27, 2016

Belarus is building a nuclear power plant. In 2018, the two nuclear reactors go online 50 kilometers away from neighboring Lithuania's capital, Vilnius.

Weißrussland Baustelle Atomkraftwerk Ostrowez
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/V. Tolochko

The Lithuanan government is afraid that security measures are lacking. Besides, the new reactors are cooled by the same river that flows through the center of Vilnius.

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