President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky emphasizes that Ukraine will develop its nuclear energy, complete the construction of nuclear power plants in Ukraine, despite the opposition of many countries.
“There is a strategy for the development of nuclear energy in Ukraine and the completion of nuclear power plants in Ukraine. We will definitely do this. After all, somewhere between 51-52% of generation in Ukraine is nuclear. This is the cheapest type of electricity for Ukrainians, for consumers, therefore, we will develop it. By the way, everyone already sees this. We understand that if professionals are building, and the state is working on the safety of nuclear power plants, then nothing threatens either nature or the climate. This is a safe form of electricity,” he said at a briefing in Rivne region.
Zelensky pointed out that Ukraine has every opportunity to be one of the first in the issue of nuclear energy both in Europe and in the world.
“I understand that many countries will oppose nuclear power to completely destroy the nuclear power sector in Ukraine, while we will, on the contrary, defend it,” he said.
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Neither safe nor clean. Where to dump all the nuclear waste? Hopefully at the ruSSian border.
Restart the nuclear weapons programs too. Putin broke Budapest and the US/UK aren’t abiding by it either. So, it’s time to revert back to 1993 and start making them again.
If they go to the MOX cycle, there will almost no waste. The French have been using it and the waste left doesn’t even fill a small room. That’s for the entire time they have been using nukes for power generation. Modern nuke plans are quite safe. The design of Chernobyl, for example, was obsolete when the plant was built. The Fukushima plant was also obsolescent. Going to standard designs, and building in accordance with a ‘type certificate,” as aircraft are built, yields good and consistent designs. The “one off” model that has been used for years is a poor way of doing business, and makes it hard to train operators.
Unfortunately, the article fails to say why many countries are opposing Ukraine’s plans.
Having said that, there are currently about fifty new nuclear power plants planned worldwide, including two in Belarus. Are they being opposed too?
https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide.aspx
The less dependent Ukraina and other countries are on Russian gas, the better. Besides, the new generation of reactors are safer than the old Soviet type shit.