Slovenia announces intention to build a second nuclear power plant.

[NNadir]

Slovenia, a part of the former Yugoslavia, has announced that it will be among the many countries that have announced an intention to expand its nuclear capacity. Slovenia already has nuclear capacity, but it joins many smaller nations like Nigeria, Tunisia, Indonesia and other countries that are considering new nuclear capacity.


Although this announcement was framed in economic terms, it has been increasingly recognized throughout the world that it is impossible to address global climate change without the use of nuclear power. Thus environmental concerns as well as economic and security concerns are driving the increased interest in using nuclear energy to it's full potential.

Outlining the government's Resolution on Development Projects between 2007 and 2023 in Brezice on Friday, Vizjak said that continuing the construction of the chain of hydro power plants on the lower Sava, building a new generator at the Sostanj Coal-Fired Power Plant and building a second reactor of the Nuclear Power Plant Krsko were the main energy projects set down in the resolution.

The total worth of investment in energy projects, which also include upgrades to the electricity grid and a gas storage facility in Senovo (eastern), are estimated at EUR 3.4bn, he explained.

http://www.uvi.si/eng/slovenia/publications/slovenia-news/3811/3829/index.text.html

[JackintheGreen]

1. Suuuuure they are...

We all KNOW what those aluminum tubes are for. And as a former part of the Evil Empire we should take this moment to bomb them back to the stone age so they cannot produse any more weapons of mass destruction. And to top it off some damn "artists" have long since turned the capital's former military base into some kind of ultra-liberal artist's commune. YECH!

Just please don't bomb Tivoli park. There is a tiny distillery nearby that makes the best plum brandy I've ever had in my life. :P