"Sawdust at the the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant

ST. PETERSBURG—Workers at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, or LNPP, located 80 kilometers west of St. Petersburg, have told Bellona that the plant’s turbine condensers—a key component in cooling the steam produced in the turbines of the plant’s aging Chernobyl-type RBMK-1000 reactors—are in an ever-worsening and dangerous state of repair.
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http://www.bellona.no/en/internation...rad/32617.html

Incidents and safety problems
In 1989, it was three emergency shutdowns of the reactors at Bilibino Power Plant. All due to technical problems. There were also three shutdowns in 1990, but these were caused by human error. In 1991 it was a total of 10 unplanned shutdowns of the reactors. In July 1991, the area surrounding the power plant was radioactive contaminated, caused by a leakage from a transportation of nuclear waste to a nearby storage. In 1992, it was 12 incidents, while in 1994, seven incidents were reported.

It is reported of radioactive contamination of the isotopes: Strontium-90 and Cesium-137, in a large area surrounding the power plant. This is due to repeated leaks from cooling-pipes, and insufficient security of the nuclear waste.

http://www.bellona.no/en/internation...ino/12678.html

Just the top 2 articles on Google.... Just do a search for Russian Nuclear Power Plant Problems and you will get a boatload of articles! Closing your eyes and thinking that there are none is just an illusion. By the way, would you also like to dispute the fact that most of the nuclear powered subs and surface warships are in a state of disrepair and/or extremely unsafe?

Russia should be slapped silly for using outdated technology and endangering mankind and as long as problems with the nuklear systems they own aren't replaced not a dime in aid should be paid to them!

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