| |
| | Kozloduy nuclear power plant, U.S. activist trip, 6/99 |
 | | Indeed, before the plant was built 25 years ago, Kozloduy was a farming village of 500now its a mini-city of 20,000, and, like Pripyat, it was built for convenience, not safety: the reactorsall six of em (keep em separated)are just two miles away. |
 | | At a meeting with the plants top management, I ask what is obviously an uncomfortable question: "what is the worst accident you believe can happen at these reactors?" The intent of my question is to find out about the managers understanding of the nuclear safety culture. |
 | | If the first four units at Kozloduy were closed, and the markets opened, well, Bulgaria is a great place for energy efficiency improvements (their economy is nine times less energy efficient than the typical Western European state) and has substantial opportunity for renewable resources as well. |
| www.nirs.org /mononline/kozloduytrip.htm (3872 words) |
|