It operated two RBMK reactors at Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant which were shut down in 2004 and 2009.
In Lithuania in 1978, construction began on two RBMK reactors (1,380 MWe net) with 30-year lives for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant.
Strong public opposition followed, because of fear for electricity price hikes.
According to the World Nuclear Association, the Lithuanian government is in the process of building a permanent repository, to be completed in 2015.
[1] On 14 October 2012 an advisory referendum on constructing a new nuclear plant found 62.7% of the participating Lithuanian electorate against and 34.1% for.