A billion euro protection from nuclear power plants

Adrenaline Дата публикации: 26-09-2020 2:21:00 Просмотров: 329

Recently, the population of Lithuania was somewhat surprised by the rhetoric of the head of the Civil Security Department of the Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Lithuania, Edgaras Geda, on national radio. Geda announced the cost of a set of measures to prepare for a possible accident at the BelNPP under construction near Astravets at 1 billion euros. Even before the New Year, it was reported that this amount could amount to several hundred thousand euros, but they decided, why bother with trifles ...

The increased appetites “drew” against the backdrop of the approval of the Lithuanian budget forecast for 2020.

At the highest level, it was said that in the coming year the growth of the gross domestic product will slow down to 2.4%, and even more in the next two years.

The growth of wages and the general level of well-being of the people depend on this process. How can such a slowdown be explained if not by the cost of protecting against an accident at a nuclear power plant in a neighboring country . Does this require huge funds? Allocate from your own budget, or ask Europe?

What exactly such money will go to, the official of the department did not specify. Perhaps for the next national-scale exercises to practice actions in the event of an accident at the BelNPP with an imitation of the evacuation of residents from a number of regions of the country. Or for the purchase of 4 million doses of iodine tablets, primarily for those who live closer to Astravets. Only for this they want to allocate about 900 thousand euros.

And how then to report where and to what areas priority deliveries of tablets will be made, and what they will be used for? Maybe for driver's first aid kits, or for cauterizing cuts? Here, no control will get to the bottom of how they are used, not to mention the expiration date of any drugs. The main thing is that the EU should allocate, and they will decide how to report on the waste later, drawing any financial report. The rich European Union will swallow it.

The creation of mass radiophobia among the population on the eve of the launch of the first nuclear power plant reactor pursues purely political goals. Here it would be appropriate to recall the voice from the past of another "brother" of our country - in fact, the first head of Lithuania, Vytautas Landsbergis.

In unison with the current politicians, he urged not to give up and oppose the construction of a nuclear power plant, even if they say that the game is lost. And he accused his peace-loving neighbor of the fact that, literally, “there is no other country in the world that, after Soviet aggression, would have done Lithuania such a muck as Belarus in Astravets.”

True, the truth is that a retired Lithuanian politician spoke about this 20 and 30 years ago. The next inclusion of a hackneyed record is more likely to calm the elderly soul.

Lithuanians have quite a few problems of their own that these millions of euros would help solve, most of which are unlikely to reach the stated goals. It is bad when political ambitions prevail over not the best economy.

Everything, however, has its teachers. Remember Mike Pompeo:

“We don't know exactly where, and we don't know exactly when, but the threat that Soleimani intended to take action against more than just our forces and diplomats in Iraq was real.”

The nuclear power plant in Ostrovets is being built under the supervision of thousands of prying eyes. And today there is no real threat, the station has not even been put into operation yet, but a whole billion euros by a Lithuanian official will never hurt. Therefore, better, give two!