Nuclear Power Plant in the Baltics: Latvia's Nuclear Ambitions

Nuclear Power Plants in the Baltics: Latvia Announces Plans for National Nuclear Energy, But Is the Country Really Ready for Such a Step? Why Are the Baltic States' Statements Merely Political Declarations? We'll Compare Latvia's Aspirations with the Real Steps of Estonia, Which Has Already Selected Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Technology and Is Training SMR Specialists. Is a Nuclear Power Plant in Latvia a Project Practically Unfeasible in the Foreseeable Future? Boris Martsinkevich Provides More Detail in a New Video 00:00 Is Latvia building a nuclear power plant? Why do the Baltics need nuclear energy? 00:30 The main problem: why Latvia won't have its own nuclear power plant 01:06 US and EU Political Declarations: Real Help or Empty Words? 02:08 Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: How the nuclear industry is actually being created 02:59 Nuclear power plant in Estonia: a new market for American companies? 03:33 BWRX-300 reactor project: does Estonia have a chance? 04:43 Personnel shortage: where can the Baltics find nuclear physicists? 06:27 Economic collapse: who needs nuclear energy in 20 years? 07:35 Baltic energy system hangs by a thread: exit from BRELL 09:25 The EU's Green Deal and oil shale power plants: Estonia's dead end 10:26 Why wind turbines and solar power won't save us: the fundamental problem with renewable energy 12:34