Lithuania Revisited

Remember the stories I've posted on before regarding Lithuania's nuclear power stations? Well, how much energy are they going to have if incidents like this become more common?

An incident last week caused one of two generators at Lithuania's Chernobyl-type Ignalina nuclear power plant to shut down last week, but there were no nuclear safety risks to the public, officials said Thursday.

"It was not a painful incident, everything was reset in a few hours," Economy Minister Viktor Uspaskich said in parliament.

Saulius Kutas, head of Lithuania's nuclear safety body VATESI told AFP that the cause of the May 17 shutdown was still being investigated.

"But it did not pose nuclear safety problems," Kutas said.

During the incident, energy was provided by Kruonis power station and from neighbouring Latvia.

Mark my words: European nations are unwise to compromise their sovereignty in exchange for European Union membership.