EASTERN EUROPE MAKES INCREASING PROGRESS ON NUCLEAR SAFETY – FEATURE
February 1st, 2007
BY MARK ROWEEASTERN Europe, thanks mainly to the preponderance of Soviet-era facilities and Soviet-era standards of maintenance, has long been seen as a potential weak link for the nuclear power industry in safety terms. A vast group of international experts devotes time and resources to maintaining the industry's record and the nuclear power industry has various arrangements for cooperation among utilities and internationally, among government and United Nations nuclear agencies.Although it is 18 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, many countries in ...
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