SIMFEROPOL, 10 Aug - RIA Novosti/Prime. Crimean authorities have discussed the idea of creating in the Crimea nuclear power plant to ensure energy independence of the Peninsula From the supply of electric energy from Ukraine, but From this option, along with others, Was abandoned, said in an interview Last news the Minister of fuel and energy of Crimea Sergey Egorov. Answering the question of whether to revive the Crimean NPP, Egorov said: "No, there's nothing There anymore. There, it is impossible to revive ". the construction of the Crimean nuclear power station close to the city Shelkino design capacity of 2000 MW Was started in 1975. In 1989, From the start, the station Was abandoned due to adverse situation in the economy in the USSR and the accident at the Chernobyl NPP in 1986. By this time readiness of the first unit of the Crimean nuclear power plant was 80%, the second - 18%. For the NPP construction Was spent five hundred million Soviet rubles in 1984 prices. After the failure of the implementation of the project the station was pilfered for scrap. In the nineties of the XX century in the turbine building of the NPP held a disco festival " Kazantip Republic ". High rise crane Kroll K-10000, the former in the reactor building of the first unit, was used for base jumping (extreme sport that uses a special parachute to jump from fixed objects). the construction of the new plant, According to Egorova, also inappropriate, although such an option was discussed." Discussed (Construction of NPP - ed.). This idea isn't wanted. The construction of a nuclear power plant would have lasted for years. Design, construction, public hearings, Etc. that are proposed at the present time (the Construction of the power bridge and thermal power plants with a total capacity of 940 MW) is the shortest period of time over which it is possible to solve the problems of energy security and supply reliability of supply of the County, " he said. "With the 12 or 13 options, including a nuclear power plant. Floating nuclear power plant, distributed generation. Different alternative power sources - to build up the entire Crimea solar plants and Etc. Then we selected 5 options, and one of them was selected third, of which we currently speak and by which we now live, " said the Minister. The full text of the interview is available on the Internet office of ria. EN 12. 00 MSK.