Facility at Lithuania nuclear plant will provide safe storage for 300 years
Ignalina’s two Soviet-era RBMK units were shut down permanently in 2004 and 2009. Courtesy EBRD/INPP.
A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction of a new near-surface repository for short-lived low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste next to the Ignalina nuclear power station in Lithuania.
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