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by srs_sput 2598 days ago
One of the most interesting things I've learned this past week is that Ukraine generates almost 50% of it's electricity from nuclear reactors.

I think it's impressive a country can suffer the worst nuclear accident but still overcome the fear of using it.

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When states impose their will on the people, public sentiment doesn't matter. The idea that a former Soviet state would submit nuclear power to a democratic vote is simply farcical.
Ukraine is not the kind of place where you need to fight 5 years in court to demolish an old laundromat to build a new building.
The other Chernobyl units continued to operate commercially until 1998.