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The reactor will power 25m high steam generators, and drive turbines featuring the longest blades ever made.

These minerals and the lithium could, if recovered, be reused for green technologies such as electric car batteries or in wind turbines, external.

With another Ukrainian winter arriving, the vast turbine hall is full of activity.

“Because it’s a gearbox, the turbine can run very fast, much more efficiently, the fan can run slower and be much bigger,“ explains Simon Burr, a director at Rolls-Royce.

Sardinians are quick to remind visitors that this crisis is more than a handful of wind turbines tilting above an archaeological site.