Czechoslovakia: Nuclear Power in a Socialist Society

F W Carter
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F W Carter: Department of Geography, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H OAR and School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London University, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Environment and Planning C, 1988, vol. 6, issue 3, 269-287

Abstract: This paper is an evaluation of the impact nuclear power planning policies have had on Czechoslovakia's socialist society, particularly for the post-Chernobyl era. Poor indigenous energy resources and the leading role that nuclear power has played in the COMECON's energy-intensive manufacturing sector has made nuclear power into an attractive proposition from the 1960s onwards. Discussion in this paper centres around nuclear-power plant siting and operation, and media coverage of the industry—especially after April 1986; reports include official Czechoslovakian material, and matter published by émigré groups. Official planning policies appear to have changed little since the Ukrainian accident, with increasing reliance being placed on nuclear power for electricity production in Czechoslovakia, up to the end of this century and beyond.

Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1068/c060269

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