Countries need independence because they want their decision-making process to be immune to outside influence. Ukraine is an exception to the rule. Emphasizing its independence from Russia, it willingly does whatever Washington tells it to, even if that runs counter to its national interests.
You would think that the country which experienced the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster would understand better than anyone the risks associated with nuclear power.
Alas, that is not the case in post-coup Ukraine, which has seen what little law and order it had evaporate over the last several years. Sanity stops at the Ukrainian border. It is a de facto failed state.
© Wikipedia/ Maxim Gavrilyuk Sputnik – 21.05.2016 Washington is promoting commercial interests of the energy corporation Westinghouse in Europe, creating risks for European nuclear power plants, an article in Forbes read. For example, in 2015, two of the Westinghouse-made fuel assemblies at the South Ukraine nuclear power plant (NPP) were found to be leaking. Since […]
RT | March 30, 2016 Australia and Ukraine are about to agree delivery of uranium for Ukrainian nuclear power plants, according to Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. But experts question the safety of Ukraine’s plans to increase nuclear energy production. The contract will be signed before the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. “Ahead of the […]
Press TV – January 15, 2015 US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Bulgaria to end its dependence on Russia for energy. Kerry made the remarks on Thursday in meetings with Bulgaria’s president, prime minister and foreign minister in the capital Sofia. Bulgaria must move toward “diversifying supplies and distribution and increasing connectivity […]
World Nuclear News | August 1, 2014 Westinghouse plans to hold a competitive tender “within the next year” for construction of a seventh reactor at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria. The AP1000 reactor is projected to be online by 2023. The site is already home to two operating Russian-designed VVER-1000 pressurised water reactors, […]
