Krsko, 2 December (STA) - GEN Energija, the owner of Slovenia’s half of the Krsko Nuclear Power Plant (NEK), paid off at the end of November the last installment of the loan taken out by Slovenia in 1983 to finance its share in the construction of what remains the country’s sole N-plant.
Zagreb _ Croatian environmentalists are calling on the government to rethink its energy strategy as the government pushes on with plans to build the country’s first nuclear plant.
“After assessing our natural resources we decided to go for sustainable development with pillars in environmentally responsible agriculture, viticulture and responsible tourism. Nuclear energy can jeopardise it all,” said Jovan Jelic, the head of Croatia’s municipality of Erdut as he announced the start of a national anti-nuclear campaign. (more…)
Vienna - Nuclear power is on the advance worldwide, and a recent safety scare in Europe is highly unlikely to stop it.
Nearly 440 nuclear reactors churn out electricity across the globe and more than 30 new plants are being built as the world’s energy appetite grows and oil prices soar. (more…)
KIEV, June 6 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine’s state nuclear power utility Energoatom has admitted that a small leak occurred at water-moderated reactor in the country’s northwest on May 29, but said no radioactive materials were released.
The announcement follows rumors circulated in the Ukrainian media over the past few days of rising radiation levels in the area. Energoatom released a statement on June 3 saying the country’s four nuclear plants were running smoothly. (more…)
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.” (more…)
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). (more…)
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. (more…)
ZAGREB, CROATIA – Zagreb media have slammed the Croatian government because Croatia was the last to learn about what was going on at the Krsko nuclear power plant which is located in Slovenia, as well as what kind of malfunction it was.
Despite the fact that a quarter of Croatian citizens live in and around Zagreb, the Croatian Electrical Company (HEP) held back information that there had been a malfunction at the plant for more than three hours, The Earth Times reported. (more…)
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.’ (more…)
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. (more…)
