U.S. CONGRESS MEMBERS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS PLANNED TO BE BUILT IN LITHUANIA’S NEIGHBORHOOD
On 11 May at the meeting with Lithuanian Minister of Energy Arvydas Sekmokas in Washington, D.C., Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Dan Burton conveyed to Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis a letter of seven U.S. members of Congress, expressing concern about the safety of the nuclear power plants that are planned to be built in Lithuania’s neighbourhood.
On 9 May, the letter was sent to the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, signed by U.S. Senators Jon Kyl, Mike Crapo, Jeff Sessions and Ron Johnson, and members of the House of Representatives John M. Shimkus, Dan Burton and Jeff Fortenberry.
Belarus and Russia are not properly cooperating with the Lithuanian authorities in providing information on compliance with security requirements and international norms when implementing nuclear power projects in the neighbouring countries, reads the letter.
Members of the Congress fear that motives of nuclear power development in Russia and Belarus are based not on objective needs for electricity, but on the wish to stay dominant over the supply of energy resources to European countries.
Members of the Congress call on the U.S. administration to promote Europe’s independence from Russian energy resources and to actively support Lithuania’s nuclear power project.
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