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Russian Roulette: Nuclear power reactors in Eastern-Europe and the former Soviet Union (1992)

Auteur	FOE
Datum	juni 1992
Classificatie	6.01.3.40/04 (VEILIGHEID - REACTOREN - OOSTEUROPEES ALGEMEEN)
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RUSSIAN ROULETTE:
NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS IN EASTERN EUROPE
and the
FORMER SOVIET UNION

I. Introduction and Executive Summary

The dozens of aging, dangerous and understaffed nuclear power reactors in 
Eastern Europe and the republics of the former Soviet Union pose imminent 
threats to public health and the environment, both locally and globally. (1) 
These extraordinarily risky facilities urgently need to be closed down. The question 
of how to do this in a socially and economically sound way constitutes a major 
public policy dilemma.

This report has been prepared to help address this dilemma. It has been written 
by Friends of the Earth-International (FoEI) and Greenway for use by the OECD 
governments, the governments and citizens of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet 
Union, as well as by entities such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, 
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the International 
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the European Community. All of these 
governments and organizations are considering the issues, but thus far have not 
proposed to take or to fund the urgent actions necessary to protect the public 
responsibly.

Although it is well known that many of the reactors simply pose too large a danger 
to allow them to continue operating, there are no plans to shut them down presently 
being considered by western governments and their counterparts in the eastern 
countries. Instead, the focus appears to be on slight technical improvements and safety 
training. Their proposed solutions involve, for the most part, short-term investments 
in training and longer-term investments in the reactors themselves, possibly including 
the construction of containment shells around some reactors. This is a short-sighted 
approach, which will neither protect the public nor be cost-effective. Because the 
governments and their advisors at the IAEA, EBRD, World Bank and other agencies 
have not developed action plans that are commensurate with the risks to the public, 
Friends of the Earth has compiled this report.

(1) The map on the inside back cover of this report shows the location of many
reactors in the region by type and number.

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