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Lithuania to install 200 sirens to warn about accidents in Belarusian NPP

Acording to the Fire and Rescue Department, Lithuania will purchase 197 stationary acoustic warning sirens.
Sirens would be installed in the 100-kilometre potential impact zone of the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Astravyets.
The zone will include the municipalities Anykščiai, Ignalina, Jonava, Kaišiadorys, Molėtai, Šalčininkai, Širvintos, Švenčionys, Trakai, Ukmergė, Utena, Varėna, Vilnius District, Visaginas, Zarasai, Vilnius City, and Elektrenai.
The implementation of the project would allow warning more than 800,000 people about potential threats using sirens in 17 Lithuanian municipalities, the department said.
The department also intends to purchase the required control equipment.
Purchases of the new sirens and accompanying equipment will be financed from EU and Norwegian Financial Mechanism funds.
Belarus launched the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant in June 2021 to Lithuania’s protestations. Vilnius maintains that the facility – which is build close to the Lithuanian border and merely 40 kilometers from the country’s capital and largest city – represents a safety hazard and fails to observe international regulations.
 
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