 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Greenpeace slams Slovenia's nuclear plans
Vienna (AFP) Dec 16, 2009 Environmental organisation Greenpeace on Wednesday slammed Slovenia's plans to build a second reactor at its nuclear power plant in Krsko, where an incident triggered a Europe-wide alert last year. "It cannot be that Slovenia continues to operate -- and even wants to expand -- a dangerous nuclear reactor on its border to Austria," Greenpeace energy expert Jurrien Westerhof said in a statement. Last month, Slovenia unveiled plans to build a second reactor at Krsko between 2020 and 2025. Slovenia and neighbouring Croatia jointly opened the Krsko plant, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of the capital Ljubljana, in 1984 when both were part of now defunct Yugoslavia. The plant is still co-owned by Croatia and Slovenia and currently generates about 40 percent of all electricity produced in Slovenia. The Krsko plant was shut down for five days in June 2008 when a loss was detected in the reactor's cooling system, which led to the first Europe-wide radiation alert since the system was put in place in the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Greenpeace complained that Krsko is situated in a region where earthquakes have occurred in the past and are likely to occur again in the future. "This makes this reactor a particularly dangerous one," Greenpeace said. Share This Article With Planet Earth
Related Links Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Science, Nuclear Technology Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Vietnam, Russia sign deals on defence, nuclear energyMoscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2009 Vietnam and Russia signed a major arms deal and a nuclear energy agreement on Tuesday, in a sign of reviving ties between Moscow and its former Soviet-era ally in Southeast Asia. Hanoi agreed to buy Russian-made submarines and aircraft in the arms deal, which was signed in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his visiting Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung. ... read more |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2009 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
YahooMyWeb
Google
Facebook