> I'm not even talking about technology, safety or waste disposal at all. There is no reason to even go there because today NO energy provider in their right mi

> I'm not even talking about technology, safety or waste disposal at all. There is no reason to even go there because today NO energy provider in their right mind will build new nuclear plants today (and they won't matter anyway because building one takes 10+ years). The decision is a result of cost and not technological misunderstanding or ignorance. Yes, obviously. German chocolate manufacturer Ritter Sport has decided to continue working in Russia. According to Ritter Sport, about 7% of its business is in the Russian market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schröder#Relationship_with_Russian_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schröder#Relationship_... Money makes the world go around. You got in bed with Russia for cheap energy, which you enjoyed for a decade or two, and it cost you an increase in your defense spending and some dead Ukrainians. Lets hope that's all it will cost you. Of course you had no choice, it is the invisible hand.