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2006-06-29 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia to build nuclear Gazprom for world market

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Posted by Steve White 2006-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And the model you get will be even safer than the one used at Chernobyl.

Posted by grb 2006-06-29 01:08|| 2006-06-29 01:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Wanna buy a slightly used Ukrainian reactor?...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-06-29 01:10|| 2006-06-29 01:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Merging companies into one state "company" for the sake of "efficiency". What a great idea - after all, didn't the Soviets have great success with this model?

Posted by HV 2006-06-29 11:05|| 2006-06-29 11:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Note that the step where the "state" buys the "civilian" companies is missing.

Posted by Unavising Tholugum6632 2006-06-29 11:27|| 2006-06-29 11:27|| Front Page Top

#5 If you're thinking this is a throwback to the ol' communist days, you're wrong. One of the reasons that communism collapsed in Russia is that some people realized that more money could be made without the ideological handcuffs. Moscow now enjoys the world's biggest collection of billionaires and multi-millionaires. Coincidence? Don't think so.

Posted by Groger9698 2006-06-29 13:07|| 2006-06-29 13:07|| Front Page Top

#6 It's a throwback to robber-baron days, perhaps?

Yep, Russia's a real paradise of, um, something.

Tsar Putty has done a bang-up job.

Posted by Crolump Glereper5426 2006-06-29 13:14|| 2006-06-29 13:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Didn't mean to say it was a paradise for all, just paradise for a few. Now that they had a taste, you think they're all gonna give it up for the sake of communism? The people at the bottom of the pyramid might long for it, but these guys? not likely.

Posted by Groger9698 2006-06-29 13:47|| 2006-06-29 13:47|| Front Page Top

#8 You're right - and the "consolidation" of wealth and "government" continues apace, too.

I had very high hopes for Russia once, incredible potential in an educated workforce, fantastic resources, etc, etc, but that faded very quickly.

I understand from some comments I've read that there used to be quite a cheering section here, sharing my high hopes I guess. But I haven't seen many optimistic comments since I arrived - seems we're all appropriately subdued, now. Watching Pooty consolidate power via his pet Duma and simply jailing or disappearing those who have what he wants or get in his way, such as the Yukos guy, has that effect.

The poeple at the bottom are drinking / drugging themselves to death, it seems. I don't think Russia can sustain the current trends and survive. Sad, very sad.

Sorry for the harsh-sounding response - I didn't really mean for it to be directed toward you, honest. I guess you can tell how ~~pissed off~~ disappointed I am. :}

Posted by Crolump Glereper5426 2006-06-29 14:06|| 2006-06-29 14:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Say what you will about Russia, this move is still a shrewd one. The world economy is going nuclear and Russia stands to profit big time.

We, on the other hand, have leftocrats to deal with, and all they want is to camp in the woods and chew tree bark, free from the evils of cars, air conditioning, flushing toilets and modern medicine.

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2006-06-29 15:01|| 2006-06-29 15:01|| Front Page Top

#10 That'll work about as well as, oh, say Atomash!

Soviets engineers built a factory, Atommash, at Volgodonsk, to build pressure vessels and associated equipment for these reactors in a series, 8 per year. Atommash never produced as intended. Like the USSR, it literally collapsed into the muck -- in this case of the Tsimlianskoe Reservoir, and has been mothballed. The VVER reactors still operating in East Central Europe have been upgraded and modernized, in part to meet the requirements of joining the European Union, although many people worry about their safety compared to non-Soviet reactors owing to their original construction, their age, and the difficulty in maintaining them. Engineers at Paks in Hungary dreamed of another 8 to 10 reactors in this 1,000 MW model.

Posted by 11A5S 2006-06-29 22:26|| 2006-06-29 22:26|| Front Page Top

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