Nuclear power saved Armenia

Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by lawgimenez on Sunday February 04, 2024 @02:40AM (#39248405)

We have a dormant (scrapped because fears of Chernobyl) nuclear power plant which politicos are currently looking to revive. This might be a good case study.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Nuclear_Power_Plant

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by senectus1 on Sunday February 04, 2024 @03:21AM (#39248570)

A very good video on how much of a huge waste of money that plant has been is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjxZwbg69Fc

*note, this is not anti nuc power, its all about how corruption, politics and really bad engineering have screwed the project from the beginning

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by lawgimenez on Sunday February 04, 2024 @04:10AM (#39248749)

Simon Whistler is a nutcase.

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by AcornGrower on Sunday February 04, 2024 @07:51AM (#39249812)

Please elaborate

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by lawgimenez on Sunday February 04, 2024 @08:54AM (#39250199)

The YouTube video above is inaccurate. Simon says we tend to pursue nuclear weapons back then, it’s not true. It’s in our constitution that specifically states we don’t intend to pursue nuclear weapons.

Plus, that plant is not designed to create weapons grade nuclear weapons.

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by senectus1 on Sunday February 04, 2024 @07:02PM (#39255824)

this is not accurate.

what he said was "Former Marcos Deputies have alleged that it was also intended to facilitate nuclear weapon design"

Also, its not like The Marcos regime was a stickler for the rules mate....

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by 7734128 on Sunday February 04, 2024 @07:38AM (#39249759)

Never found that person to be accurate or actually informative. Go watch something he has made about something you already know a lot and ask yourself if you want his view on matters where you do not.

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by panick21_ on Monday February 05, 2024 @05:28AM (#39259510)

He is just the face of a massive content farm spitting out lots and lots of low quality videos on like 10 different channels.

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by jhoechtl on Sunday February 04, 2024 @07:22AM (#39249685)

We have a nuclear power plant which was completely finished yet never went to grid https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwentendorf_Nuclear_Power_Pl...

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by FirmwareBurner on Sunday February 04, 2024 @08:00AM (#39249847)

Anyone know why the referendum wasn't held BEFORE spending billions building a nuclear plant? Chernobyl hasn't happened at that point for the population to suddenly have a boogieman to fear.

Most theories point to Russia lobbying for Austria to stay hooked onto its gas exports, basically corruption. Especially that Austria isn't big on holding referendums to ask the population what it wants and a few former Austrian have worked or still do for Russian oil & gas companies.

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by Paradigma11 on Sunday February 04, 2024 @09:05AM (#39250278)

Afaik it was a combination of several things. On the one hand it was a referendum against the Kreisky administration supported by the OEVP to damage him. On the other hand it was the beginning of the green movement with a more important role of civil movements and protests.

But yes, pretty stupid.

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by FirmwareBurner on Sunday February 04, 2024 @09:33AM (#39250469)

>On the one hand it was a referendum against the Kreisky administration supported by the OEVP to damage him.

Wasting a highly expensive taxpayer funded energy project as a political weapon just to spite the opposition party is peak politics.

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Re:Nuclear power saved Armenia by treyd on Sunday February 04, 2024 @11:04AM (#39251334)

With all the other things they've found use for it, I wonder if you could convince them to host your wedding.

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