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Re:Map of the World's Nuclear Power Plants by glenneroo on Friday June 14, 2019 @11:45AM (#20183904)
What's even more scary is the "new" Soviet-style plant just recently "finished" after 34 years in Slovakia[0]. Whistle-blowers have released photo evidence[1] showing major structural deficiencies. It was originally planned to come online this in June but because of pressure from the Austrian government has been thankfully pushed back. For the record I'm not against nuclear, aside from worrying about things like waste-management and outdated reactor designs, but overall they provide clean energy to a lot of people.

[0]: https://www.dw.com/en/slovakia-delays-nuclear-plant-expansio...

[1]: Sorry the video is in German, but it does contain some illustrations and photos if you fast forward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAhPZ_MDZE4

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Re:Map of the World's Nuclear Power Plants by canada_dry on Friday June 14, 2019 @01:09PM (#20184619)
> What's even more scary is the "new" Soviet-style plant

I'd also suggest that the track record China has for corrupt/unsafe construction (e.g. https://chinaeconomicreview.com/china-housing-shoddy-buildin...) makes them the elephant-in-the-room as far as safety concerns go - especially considering how quickly they're springing up.

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