Written by: Diana Sell
Nuclear threat in Eastern Europe
The Kaliningrad Nuclear Power Plant or also referred as Baltic Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant under construction 13 kilometers away from Neman, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Russia plans to have 26 nuclear power plant units by 2030, seven of them are already under construction. The nuclear plant in Kaliningrad Oblast will be bordering Lithuania and Poland. This power plant is considered not only as an energy, but also as a geopolitical project. The construction work started in February 2010. Nuclear power plants are not safe and clean for environment. The potential impact of a nuclear meltdown can be catastrophic, as seen in Chernobyl and Fukushima, even though the chances of such an incident happening is rare. Baltic Nuclear Power Plant has not explained how they are going to dispose nuclear waste and how it will affect River Nemunas and surrounding territories. There were many protests held to stop the construction of the nuclear power plant, but local protesters and environmentalist opinions were not taken into account. The project was suspended briefly in 2013, a year after first concrete was laid, for re-designing the project since the plan to export most of the product failed. They decided not to change the first project and continued the construction. The first reactor was planned to be operational by 2017,but it is still under construction to this day. It is planned to be finished in 2020.
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