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The Republic of Estonia is a small country in Northern Europe, with electrical energy production dependent mostly on oil shale. The local supply of oil shale has given Estonia its energetic independence but it also presents great challenges: it is waste-intensive and causes massive emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It also causes damage to the landscape and to the health of the population living near the mining and energy producing area. Due to the above mentioned problems the use of nuclear power has been taken into consideration, but the debate is at its beginning and the need for further analyses is great.
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Lehtveer, M., Tkaczyk, A. (2010). Overview of the Electricity Market of Estonia and the Plausibility of Nuclear Energy Production. In: Apikyan, S.A., Diamond, D.J. (eds) Nuclear Power and Energy Security. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3504-2_13
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