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Genuine question: How much of the anti-nuclear movement in the West was actually a initiative of the USSR?
by DrNosferatu 2y ago
Genuine question:
How much of the anti-nuclear movement in the West was actually a initiative of the USSR?
- lionkor 2y agoThe country that became Russia, which is a huge proponent of nuclear power...?
- llsf 2y agoI would think Russia makes more money selling fossil fuels than by promoting nuclear energy.
- mardifoufs 2y agoUnless you're saying that Chernobyl was a Soviet initiative... which wouldn't even be super wrong strictly speaking... But if that's not what you meant, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't, then no not really. I think it's hard to overstate how much Chernobyl scared people. If anything the Soviets had everything to win by making nuclear look safe back in the cold war. If you look at Soviet propaganda, nuclear technology was very prominent and a key part of the international image they wanted to project.
- DrNosferatu 2y agoBut a West without nuclear power generation benefited the USSR.