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EU 'ignoring safety risks' in financing of nuclear expansion in Ukraine [1]

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As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, the EU is financing a controversial nuclear expansion programme in Ukraine to increase exports to energy-hungry consumers in western Europe. Tom Levitt reports.

Publication Date: 
17/03/2011
Tom Levitt [2]
Ecologist [3]
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Nuclear Power Plants [4], Ukraine [5], European Union (EU) [6], Japan [7], Nuclear Safety [8], United Kingdom (UK) [9], Radiation [10], Energy [11]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ukraine
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/japan
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-safety
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-kingdom-uk
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/radiation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy