The Ignalia Reactor Unit 1 has succesfully gone off line.

international | environment | news report Saturday January 01, 2005 11:51 by - - "all together now"

Located in Lithuania and built under the Soviet Regime

the Ignalina nuclear reactor has long been considered by experts on both sides of the European Russian friendship to be unsafe.

Unit 1 has succesfully gone off line.

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Ignalina reflects well the past and future of the continent. a town where only 20 of the 700 jewish minority survived the NAZIs.

The complex boasted two of the world largest operating reactors which were capable of producing 2,760 MW of electricity. In 1999, the Ignalina plant provided 73 percent of Lithuania's electricity. The plant had the capacity to produce even more power, but safety concerns and public reaction to the Chernobyl accident prompted authorities to limit plant operation to lower power levels.

2005 marks the 60th anniversary of the Victory of the Great Patriotic War against NAZI-ism for the russian peoples and their friends.

The lithuanians will close unit 2 by 2009.

The lithuanians have brought much to Europe and Europe must bring much to them. Their friendships and ties work both ways.

accordingly here is the new year's message from the Kremlin as they put a terrible year of horror and manipulation behind them.

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