Nuclear power Nuclear power in the Soviet Union
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Even though the Soviet Union is a large industrial state which bases its economic development on its own mineral fuel resources, it cannot afford to neglect the development of nuclear power, because about 80% of its energy resources are concentrated in eastern regions of the country, while 75% of the population and consumers of power are concentrated in the European part of the USSR. The transport of fuel from the east of the Soviet Union to western regions constitutes about 40% of the turnover of the country's rail freight.
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