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What Serhii Plokhy thinks about nuclear power

@serhii-plokhy · 30 positions · 0 changes of mind

Ukrainian-American historian, professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.

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  1. Our readingThe Soviet Union fell in good part because of the mobilisation over Chernobyl: the first mass demonstrations in Ukraine were about radiation, not about language or autonomy.

    Their wordsAnd then guess what? A few years later, the Soviet Union collapses very much also thanks to the mobilization of people over the issue of Chernobyl and nuclear energy.

    ↗Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War | Lex Fridman Podcast #415youtube.com 25th of 30 in this recording

    energywar

    Interesting

  3. Our readingNuclear power is politically unreliable as an answer to climate change, because every major accident freezes reactor construction worldwide for another decade.

    Their wordsAnd each major accident, that means global freeze on the nuclear reactor production for at least another 10 years. So that’s what I mean that nuclear industry is politic, not just in terms of technology and not just in terms of radiation, impact on health, but also politically a very, very unreliable option.

    ↗Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War | Lex Fridman Podcast #415youtube.com 27th of 30 in this recording

    energyclimate change

    Interesting