Eastern European Nukes: Can’t Live with em’, Can’t Live without ’em
Jon Greenberg reports on growing concern over a group of Eastern European nuclear power plants built without containment buildings or backup cooling systems. Many Western nuclear experts say the plants are too dangerous to operate, but the region’s economic problems have made them too important to shut down.
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