ABSTRACT
The Ignalina nuclear power plant is located around 200 kilometers (km) from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and only 600 km from the Swedish coast. After the Chernobyl accident in 1986, people in many countries became apprehensive of an accident at Ignalina, with the associated risk of far-reaching, transboundary consequences. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989, the Swedish government took steps to improve the safety of Ignalina at the cost of the Swedish taxpayers.
