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A major factor contributing to this result was the outcome of a special local [[referendum]] on the issue held in [[Gdańsk Voivodeship]] on [[May 27]], [[1990]], in which 86% of votes were cast against the plant's construction <ref name="countrystudy"/> (even though the turnout was 44,3%, too low to make the result legally binding). |
A major factor contributing to this result was the outcome of a special local [[referendum]] on the issue held in [[Gdańsk Voivodeship]] on [[May 27]], [[1990]], in which 86% of votes were cast against the plant's construction <ref name="countrystudy"/> (even though the turnout was 44,3%, too low to make the result legally binding). |
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The local government that took over the buildings was unable to prevent them from falling into disrepair. One of the reactors was sold to [[Loviisa]] power plant in [[Finland]], another |
The local government that took over the buildings was unable to prevent them from falling into disrepair. One of the reactors was sold to [[Loviisa]] power plant in [[Finland]], another to Hungarian Center for Nuclear |
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Studies in [[Paks]]. Most of the other equipment has been looted or destroyed due to lack of maintenance. Supporters of the project estimate the costs of construction and losses from abandoning the project total about 2 billion dollars.<ref name="GJ">{{pl icon}} [http://www.gigawat.net.pl/article/articleview/667/1/60/ Grzegorz Jezierski - "Kalendarium budowy elektrowni jądrowej w Żarnowcu, czyli... jak straciliśmy swoją szansę?", "Energia Gigawat" 01/2006]</ref> |
Studies in [[Paks]]. Most of the other equipment has been looted or destroyed due to lack of maintenance. Supporters of the project estimate the costs of construction and losses from abandoning the project total about 2 billion dollars.<ref name="GJ">{{pl icon}} [http://www.gigawat.net.pl/article/articleview/667/1/60/ Grzegorz Jezierski - "Kalendarium budowy elektrowni jądrowej w Żarnowcu, czyli... jak straciliśmy swoją szansę?", "Energia Gigawat" 01/2006]</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:49, 26 January 2007
The Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant (Polish: Elektrownia Jądrowa Żarnowiec) was supposed to be the first nuclear power plant in Poland.[1] Due to protests in late 80s and early 90s the nearly finished project was abandoned.
The project was discussed and approved in 1972 by the government of the People's Republic of Poland. The construction began in 1982 on a site located in the north of the country near the Baltic Sea, about 50 km northwest of Gdańsk, just to the south of its namesake village Żarnowiec, adjacent to Lake Żarnowiec which was to be used by the plant for cooling. Its design incorporated 4 WWER-440 pressurized water reactors with combined output of about 1,600 MW.
From the early 1980s, and especially in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, the plant's construction was controversial and attracted a significant and growing number of protesters; among them, members of Solidarity trade union and smaller organizations such as Ruch Wolność i Pokój or Franciszkański Ruch Ekologiczny . The change in economic situation after the fall of Communism in Poland in 1989, combined with those significant environmental protests displaying the lack of public support for the plant's construction and the new democratic nature of the government wanting to gain support of the population, contributed to the new government's (of Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Lech Wałęsa) decision to suspend construction in 1989 pending a review, and then abandon the project in 1990 [2]. Tadeusz Syryjczyk, a contemporary Polish minister of economics, stated that the power plant would be unnecessary, unprofitable and possibly unsafe.[3]
A major factor contributing to this result was the outcome of a special local referendum on the issue held in Gdańsk Voivodeship on May 27, 1990, in which 86% of votes were cast against the plant's construction [1] (even though the turnout was 44,3%, too low to make the result legally binding).
The local government that took over the buildings was unable to prevent them from falling into disrepair. One of the reactors was sold to Loviisa power plant in Finland, another to Hungarian Center for Nuclear Studies in Paks. Most of the other equipment has been looted or destroyed due to lack of maintenance. Supporters of the project estimate the costs of construction and losses from abandoning the project total about 2 billion dollars.[4]
See also
- Żarnowiec Hydro Power Plant - an existing power plant in Żarnowiec
- Warta Nuclear Power Plant - planned second Polish nuclear power plant (never begun)
References
- ^ a b A Country Study: Poland, Library of Congress, Call Number DK4040 .P57 1994 [1]
- ^ Capacity Building in National Environmental Policy: A Comparative Study of 17 Countries by Martin Jaenicke, Helmut Weidner, Published 2002 Springer, ISBN 3540431586 .Relevant page on Google Book Search
- ^ Template:Pl iconTadeusz Syryjczyk, Przesłanki decyzji w przedmiocie likwidacji Elektrowni Jądrowej Żarnowiec.
- ^ Template:Pl icon Grzegorz Jezierski - "Kalendarium budowy elektrowni jądrowej w Żarnowcu, czyli... jak straciliśmy swoją szansę?", "Energia Gigawat" 01/2006