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' ' Calculated by Darius Lakdawalla, FOEMJS. Data on long-term load factor and net generating
capacity from Nuclear Power Reactors in the World. April 1992.
»2Alex Hittle. Memorandum. 28 May 1992. Re: Ecoglasnost Statement on the Kozloduy Nuclear
Power Station.
'3 AID invested in a total of 48 plants throughout Eastern Europe, in the nations of Hungary,
Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, and Czechoslovakia.
8* Given an initial cost of $77,837, and a total estimated savings per year of $262,598.
9* Hopkins, 19.
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" M. Bafflerger. Power Generation and Transmission in Eastern Europe: The Outlook for Nuclear
Power in Eastern Europe. Conference in Brussels, June 1992. Electricite de France International.
** MW to PJ conversion calculated by Darius Lakdawalla at FOE-US (see note 81).
9* Marousek, 4.
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Hopkins, 28. Honza Bemnek. World Information Service on Energy. Fax dated 30 June
1992.
i°« Marousek, 3.
'°2 According to Emil Bedi (see note 29) the rising cost of energy will make inevitable the
restructuring of industry away from energy-intensive endeavors.
1°^ Separate studies have corroborated these conclusions in large part. According to Emil Bedi
(see note 29) a government study revealed a potential for energy conservation of over 20 percent,
while an independent study by the World Wildlife fund estimated a potential of over 40 percent.
'"* Study calculates amount of energy that would have been saved if efficiency measures had
been in place 'OS in 1991.
Marousek. 6, 13.
'"^ Emil Bedi (see note 29). Paraphrased in electronic mail from John Hontelez, dated 28 June
1992.
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Emil Bedi (see note 29). (Contained in electronic mail message from John Hontelez, dated
28 June, 1992.
'°* Marousek, 15.
109 Marousek, 5.
•'"Mzirousek, 15.
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"2 R.c. Ckwper and L. Schipper. Energy Use and Conservation in the U.S.S.R.; Patterns, Pros-
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