Inside The Billion-Euro Nuclear Reactor That Was Never Switched On

2020-03-16

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Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant, in Austria, was ready to go: it just needed starting up. But that never happened, and forty years later, it still sits mothballed. Here's why.

Thanks to all the EVN team: you can find information on tours (in German) here: http://www.zwentendorf.com/ - and about EVN here: https://www.evn.at/EVN-Group/Energie-Zukunft/EVN-Fuhrungsangebot/Zwentendorf.aspx

Camera by Matt Gray: https://youtube.com/mattgrayyes

Edited by Michelle Martin: https://twitter.com/mrsmmartin

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