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Lithuania's national programme for managing radioactive waste and decommissioning has demonstrated a commitment to safety, a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded. However, it noted areas where safety could be further enhanced.

Date: Friday, 27 May 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Lithuania-committed-to-safe-radwaste-management,-s

The final cask of used fuel has been transferred from the reactor buildings at Lithuania's shut down Ignalina nuclear power plant (INPP) to an on-site interim storage facility.

Date: Saturday, 23 April 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Defuelling-of-Ignalina-units-completed

At Ignalina NPP (INPP) in Lithuania, construction has begun of a storage facility for low-level radioactive waste, INPP’s press service reported on 19 September.

Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsignalina-begins-construction-radwaste-storage-facility-7421498

The Ignalina NPP (INPP) in Lithuania, which is undergoing decommissioning, has been granted a licence by the State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (Vatesi) to construct and operate a near-surface repository for low- and intermediate-level short-lived radioactive waste. 

Date: Tuesday, 05 December 2017
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslicence-granted-for-lithuanian-repository-5993018


Cold trials have started at the solid radioactive waste (SRW) management and storage facility (Project B2/3/4) at Lithuania's Ignalina nuclear power plant, which is now undergoing decommissioning.

Date: Friday, 28 August 2015
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscold-trials-start-at-ignalina-waste-facility-4659485

Lithuania’s State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (VATESI) has issued Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant with a licence to build a spent nuclear fuel management facility. It follows a construction licence to build solid radioactive waste management facilities at the site, which was issued in August.

Date: Friday, 04 September 2009
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslithuanian-regulator-ignalina-waste-plans-given-go-ahead