2024-07-15 04:29:27
Eastern European countries are planning to build at least 12 nuclear power plant (NPP) units, allocating about €130 billion for these purposes. This was reported by the Bloomberg agency, Day.Az reports with reference to TASS.
“Countries from the Czech Republic to Romania are drawing up plans to implement an initiative that some have called “the biggest project of the century,” the report notes. The first power plant could be commissioned before the end of the decade. The agency clarifies that governments in the region have also secured political support for building new nuclear facilities amid the European Union’s drive to achieve carbon neutrality and reduce dependence on Russian gas imports. All told, the Eastern European states will allocate almost €130 billion to build 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 from 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 Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev, Russia is the leader in the number of nuclear power units being built abroad.
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