Countries Of Eastern Europe Intend To Build At Least 12 Nuclear Power Units
Date
7/16/2024 2:14:10 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
The countries of Eastern Europe plan to build at least 12
nuclear power plant units (NPP), allocating about €130 billion for
these purposes, Azernews reports.
"Countries from the Czech Republic to Romania are developing
plans to implement the initiative, which some have called the
"largest project of the century," the report says. At the same
time, the first power plant can be put into operation before the
end of the current decade. The agency clarifies that the
governments of the countries of the region have also secured
political support for the construction of new nuclear facilities
against the background of the European Union's desire to achieve
carbon neutrality and reduce dependence on Russian gas imports. In
total, Eastern European states are said to allocate almost €130
billion for the construction of at least 12 nuclear power
units.
However, the implementation of these plans is complicated by
obstacles. According to some officials, who wished to remain
anonymous, Eastern Europe lacks the technical expertise and
financial resources to implement such large-scale projects. Given
the reluctance of private investors to take on all the risks of
building new nuclear power plants, the decisive factor will be EU
subsidies, which, however, are distributed on a competitive
basis.
Currently, only two new nuclear power plants are being built in
the community - in Slovakia and Hungary, Bloomberg explains.
According to forecasts of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), by 2050 the total capacity of nuclear power plants in the
world will grow by at least a quarter. According to the head of
Rosatom Alexey Likhachev, Russia is the leader in the number of
nuclear power units under construction abroad.
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