VILNIUS (AFP) - group us Westinghouse and the Japan Hitachi have bids to build a nuclear power plant in Lithuania to replace its Soviet-era single plant, closed in 2009, Vilnius announced Wednesday.
In a statement, Minister of energy Arvydas Sekmokas the Lithuania said that bids had marked an important step in the project, which includes also the nearby the Poland, the Latvia and Estonia.
Sekmokas said the bids were assessed and that the winner would be selected within the month.
In December 2009, Lithuania closed its plant Soviet, similar to the one that exploded in Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986.
The closure was one of the conditions of entry of the Lithuania, 2004 in the European Union.
He left the Lithuania, a nation of three million, dependent on Russian energy to generate its electricity. The Vilnius with Soviet master Moscow ties have been rocky since it declared independence in 1990.
Progress in the construction of a replacement plant have been slowed and dealt a blow in November when the Korea Electric Power Corporation unexpectedly withdrawn its bid, forcing the project back to square one.
The goal is to have the new plant on line by 2020, six years after the construction is scheduled to begin.
The planned plant maximum capacity is 3 400 megawatts.
Lithuania was unbowed by the crisis Central Fukushima nuclear Japan, which has raised concerns about atomic energy in many countries.
But he has repeatedly criticised plans by Belarus and the Russia for the construction of atomic power stations near the border, citing security concerns.
Germany this week decided to phase out nuclear power plants by 2022.
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