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Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2010

    Decommissioning delays and contract disputes

    Government criticism focused on delayed projects, spending without completed facilities, an anticipated additional payment request from Nukem Technologies, and disputes over international-fund administration and radioactive-waste transport. These issues generated public controversy around oversight and project execution.

  2. 2005

    Security investigation involving Vladimir Alganov

    Lithuania’s State Security Department investigated contacts between plant management and Vladimir Alganov, a former Polish espionage suspect who had obtained a long-term Lithuanian visa in 2002. The episode raised security and governance concerns but does not establish that the plant itself committed wrongdoing.