ABSTRACT
In the preceding two chapters we have seen how the second boom phase gained momentum through the VVER-1000’s breakthrough, the scaled up RBMK reactor, and the promises of the AST-500. The construction of numerous new civilian nuclear facilities based on these technologies posed new challenges not only locally and regionally at the respective sites. The interconnectedness of the Soviet nuclear archipelago was also at stake. Just as in the first boom phase, this generated macro-entanglements on three different levels.
