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PREVIEW: #NUCLEAR ENERGY: NATO: Conversation with colleague Henry Sokolski of NPEC re the plans and proposals for Eastern Europe to replace the ancient Soviet-built nuclear plants -- and what of the financing? More tonight.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW: #NUCLEAR ENERGY: NATO: Conversation with colleague Henry Sokolski of NPEC re the plans and proposals for Eastern Europe to replace the ancient Soviet-built nuclear plants -- and what of the financing? More tonight.

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0:00.0

Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

0:23.0

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Piento Ferries, there is another way.

0:29.0

This is John Batcheter, conversation with my colleague Henry Sikalsky, the Executive Director of the Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center,

0:38.0

about the plans and proposals for Eastern Europe countries, NATO members, EU members, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Romania,

0:47.0

Bulgaria, all of them looking Estonia, I mentioned, all of them looking to acquire new nuclear reactors, some small

0:56.6

modular some regular size, to replace the aging Soviet fleet that is not dangerous but certainly is well past its

1:06.0

cell date. Henry says yes but who's going to pay for it? Here's Henry Sikalski on the very ambitious plans for

1:16.3

Eastern Europe to update its nuclear fleet. More of this later.

1:21.8

Well, it's gone nuclear in the case of some of these countries because they have Russian

1:29.0

plants as you say that they're still operating

1:33.0

uh... you can keep

1:34.5

some of these decrepit things operating quite a while

1:37.7

uh... and so

1:39.6

it's it's it's a freshness date that would suggest it's time to get a loaf of bread,

1:44.8

the mold hasn't so clearly set in that you aren't able to keep these things, you know,

1:51.6

operating for a good number of years beyond when they should be shut down.

1:57.6

So that's a question mark.

1:59.2

The other thing is, everyone's talking about machines that haven't even been licensed for export in the case of

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