Russia to build Baltic nuclear power plant

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: wide. Experts say its two power units will help diversify Russia’s foreign trade by exporting electricity produced by a nuclear power plant, which can be described as a high-tech product. Russia will make a strong geopolitical move through the Kaliningrad Region, which makes the EU unhappy.

The world needs more and more energy, and that need is feeding a desire to build nuclear power plants. Lithuania, which is being encouraged to shut down its Soviet-era Ignalina NPP, is preparing to build a replacement, Ignalina-2. Belarus will soon hold a tender for its first nuclear power plant, and Estonia and Albania would also like to have nuclear plants.

The countries that have recently learned to enjoy the benefits of energy sufficiency will most likely build more nuclear power plants. Finland is considering the possibility, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy said at a recent EU summit that France would expand its nuclear power programme. One way or another, all of them will have to accept it as a fact of life now that Rosatom’s chief has signed the construction order.