Nuclear power plant in Belarus stirs fears in Lithuania
Reactor's construction on edge of EU is bringing back nightmares of radiation from 1986 Chernobyl explosion
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Ostrovets, Belarus
THIRTY years after the Chernobyl disaster spewed radioactive clouds into the sky and sent shockwaves across Europe, Belarus is building a nuclear reactor on the doorstep of the European Union (EU) despite fears in neighbouring Lithuania.
Construction of the facility, located in the north-western Belarusian town of Ostrovets only around 20 km from the Lithuanian border, is entering its final stages.
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