Quotes

dalia-grybauskaite"A second set of priorities that I see for myself and this government is a further reduction of dependence on a single source. First of all, this involves putting forward three bills during the spring session, namely: the LNG law, the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) law, and amendments to the Law on Heating Sector... talks on the Visaginas NPP (VAE) and debates on the required laws will be one of the key tasks during the parliamentary spring session." Dalia Grybauskaite, Lithuanian President, on 12 January 2012 (source: BNS)

“We cannot wait any longer to take a decision (on the lifetime extension of nuclear power plants). We already have all the data and analyses we need and now it all depends on concrete actions (from the federal government). I am not a nuclear advocate. Nuclear technology is only a bridge technology, but postponing the decision makes things too uncertain.” Markus Söder, Minister for Environment and Health, Land of Bavaria, Germany on 2 January