By Linas Jegelevicius in Tallinn First, it was Estonia that said it wants a compact, state-of-the art nuclear power plant built in the country in the future. Lithuania swiftly followed up, saying it also pins its hopes on nuclear energy. And, recently, Latvia, the third Baltic nation, admitted it is pondering a nuclear future, too, perhaps via a shared nuclear power project with Estonia to the north. The three Baltic states – which have had no nuclear reactors since the closure of Lithuania’s Soviet-designed Ignalina plant 15 years ago – are now all looking at small modular reactors (SMRs), th…