The Croatian Electrical Company held back information about a malfunction at the Krsko nuclear power plant for 3 hours.
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Croatian Electrical Company Hid Info on Krsko
Friday, June 6, 2008
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EU says nuclear alert worked - despite confusion
Friday, June 6, 2008Brussels/Ljubljana - European Union officials Thursday defended sending out the first EU-wide nuclear safety alert after a minor leak at a Slovenian power plant, saying the public needed to know.
The UN International Atomic Energy Agency rated Wednesday's leak and shutdown at the Western-built Krsko plant as the least dangerous on its emergency scale - not even an 'incident.'
Nuclear incident overshadows EU environment talks
Thursday, June 5, 2008LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - A water leak at Slovenia's Krsko nuclear plant threatened to overshadow European Union environment talks on Thursday, as Slovenia reassured there was no danger and fended off criticism of its handling of the case.
The accident at the plant tripped the EU's "Ecurie" early warning system on Wednesday afternoon, but some member states were initially informed that the incident was a drill.
Slovenia shuts nuclear plant due to coolant leak
Thursday, June 5, 2008LJUBLJANA, June 4 (Reuters) - Slovenia's only nuclear power plant was shut down on Wednesday because of a water leak but there was no impact on the environment and the situation was "fully under control", Slovenian and EU officials said.
"The plant was shut down and the leakage was located already. Now the plant will have to cool down for a day or so before the leakage can be repaired," Andrej Stritar, head of the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, told Reuters.
Croatia Nuclear Plant ‘Would Increase Debt’
Thursday, May 22, 200822 May 2008 Zagreb - Croatia’s plans to construct a €2 billion thousand-megawatt nuclear plant will only increase the country’s foreign debt, a daily warns.
Croatia is a debt-ridden country and taking out new loans for a nuclear power plant could bring more trouble, warns Zagreb daily Vecernji list.
1,150 Cubic Metres of Nuclear Waste Awaits Croatia
Thursday, May 8, 2008Croatia must assume half of the waste from the Krsko plant but where will the government store thousands of cubic metres of dangerous waste?
Slovene radio: Buying Croatia's share in Krsko cheaper than imported electricity.
Thursday, December 18, 2003(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)
[Announcer] If Slovenia had bought Croatia's stake in the Krsko nuclear power plant in time, today we would not have problems with electricity. What's more, we could even export it and thereby make a nice profit. But instead, we might have to solve a future energy crisis, which actually only just began announcing itself, by building an additional nuclear power block in Krsko. Irena Majce reporting.
