Slovenia

No more nuclear 'taboo,' Croatian leader says

Monday, June 9, 2008

Vienna - Croatia must "lift the taboo" on nuclear power and have a broad debate on its energy future, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said Saturday. Sanader's remarks to Austrian national radio came just days after a coolant leak focused attention on Slovenia's Krsko nuclear reactor, located near the Croatian border and jointly owned by both countries.

"I believe we will have to debate energy policy very shortly in Austria as well as in Croatia," Sanader said. "As part of that, we simply have to lift the taboo on nuclear power."

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Slovene reactor scare puts spotlight on nuclear safety

Friday, June 6, 2008

A coolant leak at a nuclear power plant in Slovenia has been contained, but the incident has brought renewed attention to the debate over whether nuclear offers a safe low-carbon option in the fight against climate change.

"Slovenian authorities have confirmed that there has been no discharge to the environment. The situation can be considered fully under control," the Commission said in a press statement today (5 June).

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Nuclear incidents jangle EU nerves

Friday, June 6, 2008

Two safety scares at nuclear power stations in EU states Slovenia and the Czech republic in the past 48 hours were swiftly resolved, but will do little for Brussels' campaign to restore public confidence in the sector.

A water leak from the primary coolant unit in Slovenia's Krsko nuclear plant on Wednesday (4 June) afternoon forced the 25-year old facility to shut down its single reactor for emergency repairs.

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Croatian Electrical Company Hid Info on Krsko

Friday, June 6, 2008

The Croatian Electrical Company held back information about a malfunction at the Krsko nuclear power plant for 3 hours.

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EU says nuclear alert worked - despite confusion

Friday, June 6, 2008

Brussels/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.'

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Nuclear incident overshadows EU environment talks

Thursday, June 5, 2008

LUXEMBOURG (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.

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Slovenia shuts nuclear plant due to coolant leak

Thursday, June 5, 2008

LJUBLJANA, 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.

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Croatia Nuclear Plant ‘Would Increase Debt’

Thursday, May 22, 2008

22 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.

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1,150 Cubic Metres of Nuclear Waste Awaits Croatia

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Croatia must assume half of the waste from the Krsko plant but where will the government store thousands of cubic metres of dangerous waste?

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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.

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