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Romania has begun the production of two new nuclear reactors to expand its production of renewable energy in order to have a more reliable source of energy to its people. Again, as with Germany, the war in Ukraine has made many EU countries realize that their dependence on Russian gas/oil imports makes them vulnerable to freezing during the winter. The United States aided Romania in this endeavor by providing close to three billion dollars to construct the nuclear reactors. 

I think that Romania (and several other Eastern European countries) shift towards nuclear power shows a positive shift in energy production across the world. Eastern Europe is less economically well off compared to Western Europe which means that these countries generally want to go for cheaper energy production solutions. With the shift towards nuclear and other renewables, it shows that other countries that are willing to fork over a bit more money (and with a lot of support, considering the United States paid a hefty amount to Romania) that it is possible to rely more on clean power.