Things to do in Visaginas & Ignalina Nuclear Power Station
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Ignalina
Ignalina (named after Ignalina region) looks uncannily like Springfield's nuclear power station in The Simpsons and it's just as safe say scientists. Unlike reactors in the West, its one remaining online RMBK reactor - the same design as Ukraine's Chornobyl reactor, which exploded in 1986 - is graphite-cooled and has no containment system. If an accident occurs, there is an increased chance of emissions escaping into the atmosphere. Until 2004 the plant met 80% of Lithuania's energy needs.
Enormous pressure from the EU forced a reluctant Lithuania to shut down the first reactor on 31 December 2004 and pledge to shut the second by the end of 2009. Millions of euros have be…
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Visagino Country
In mid-August Visaginas bizarrely rocks with a bunch of cowboys - hats, boots and all - who groove on into town from across Europe for the two-day international country music festival, Visagino Country. The tourist office knows all about it.
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