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Risk finance: Backfit vs. Shutdown of VVER nuclear reactors (1991)
| Author | Greenpeace |
| Date | November 1991 |
| Classification | 6.01.3.45/01 (NUCLEAR SAFETY - REACTORS - "ASSISTANCE" TO...(EBRD/NSA/TACIS/PHARE ETC.)) |
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RISK FINANCE: Backfit vs. Shutdown of WER Nuclear Reactors 1. Executive Summary Concern about the large risk of a major nuclear accident in eastern Europe is well-founded, but has generated in some international organisations an ill-conceived desire to arrange for the 'backfitting' of western safety technology in WER-model reactors. The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is considered a major source of funds for such programmes. The goal of energy investment policy must be the provision of energy services at least overall cost to society. Therefore, it is argued here that energy efficiency improvements are a more effective means to meet the needs of electricity consumers. Investment in energy efficiency represents a more comprehensive economic initiative by the Bank than does equivalent investment in nuclear technology, influencing nuclear risk, the growth of small-and medium-sized business, and the overall competitiveness of the emerging economies of the region.
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