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Energy Efficiency Potential in Eastern European and Former Soviet Nations (1993)

AuteurFOE
Datumapril 1993
Classificatie 6.01.3.40/08 (VEILIGHEID - REACTOREN - OOSTEUROPEES ALGEMEEN)
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Uit de publicatie:

April 22, 1993

ENERGY EFFICIENCY POTENTIAL IN EASTERN EUROPEAN AND FORMER SOVIET NATIONS

I. INTRODUCTION

The serious dangers posed by the decrepit, Soviet-designed nuclear power plants 
in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have people all over the world 
justifiably worried. Russian Roulette, published by Friends of the Earth and 
Greenway, sums up the status of these plants, and recommends their closure, 
beginning with the most dangerous.

One of the most frequently-used arguments against the shutdown and in favor of 
the upgrading of these plants is the countries' need for the power produced by the 
plants. Friends of the Earth understands these arguments. We have been studying 
the realities and the alternatives. We have found that safe, environmentally sound 
and economic power supply options exist that can meet these countries' energy 
requirements, while eliminating the threat of another Chernobyl- type nuclear 
catastrophe.

Russian Roulette recommends several solutions: cogeneration plants, natural 
gas power plants, and the eventual employment of solar, wind, small-scale hydro, 
and biomass electricity generation technologies. On the demand side, the report 
suggests aggressive promotion of energy conservation through investments in 
energy efficiency.

This supplement to Russian Roulette takes the idea of energy efficiency 
improvements in the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union a 
step further. Our purpose in performing these theoretical calculations is to challenge 
the commonly held idea that these countries are trapped in the nuclear quagmire and 
cannot extricate themselves. The energy resources are there, as is the technology to 
put them to use efficiently. Innovative thinking and intelligent, long-term planning 
are needed to meet the challenges facing these countries.

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