Slovak PM attacks EU forced shutdown of Soviet designed nuclear reactor
JASLOVSKE BOHUNICE, Slovakia, Dec 31 (AFP) Dec 31, 2006
Slovakia's leftist premier Robert Fico attacked the EU forced shutdown of a "safe" Soviet-designed nuclear reactor which supplies a large part of the country's electricity at a ceremony to mark the event on Sunday. The commitment to close the reactor, together with another unit at the Jaslovske Bohunice site in West Slovakia, "satisfied everyone with the exception of Slovakia," Fico said, adding that both units were safe and could have continued to operate.
"I consider this day a black day for the Slovak energy sector" added industry minister Lubomir Jahnatek, who also attended the ceremony. "Force and stupidy have overcome reason," he added. A closure of the reactors was a condition for the central European country's 2004 EU entry after they were deemed a safety risk by Brussels. The second reactor should cease operations before the end of 2008 under the terms of the agreement.
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JASLOVSKE BOHUNICE, Slovakia, Dec 31 (AFP) Dec 31, 2006
Slovakia's leftist premier Robert Fico attacked the EU forced shutdown of a "safe" Soviet-designed nuclear reactor which supplies a large part of the country's electricity at a ceremony to mark the event on Sunday. The commitment to close the reactor, together with another unit at the Jaslovske Bohunice site in West Slovakia, "satisfied everyone with the exception of Slovakia," Fico said, adding that both units were safe and could have continued to operate.
"I consider this day a black day for the Slovak energy sector" added industry minister Lubomir Jahnatek, who also attended the ceremony. "Force and stupidy have overcome reason," he added. A closure of the reactors was a condition for the central European country's 2004 EU entry after they were deemed a safety risk by Brussels. The second reactor should cease operations before the end of 2008 under the terms of the agreement.
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