Friday, June 22, 2012

Lithuania seals approval of Hitachi nuclear plant deal

Lithuania seals approval of Hitachi nuclear plant deal

Vilnius (AFP) June 21, 2012
Lithuania's parliament on Thursday approved a deal with Japan's Hitachi on the construction of a new nuclear plant aimed at reducing the Baltic state's energy dependence on Russia. Last July, Lithuania invited Hitachi in alliance with General Electric to start talks on building a plant, rejecting a bid by the US-based Westinghouse Electric, owned by Japan's Toshiba Corporation.

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