Slovenia and Slovakia said Monday they had no plans to close their nuclear power plants following Germany's decision, insisting they were highly dependent on them for energy.
Slovenia
and
Slovakia
said
Monday they had no plans to close their nuclear power plants following
Germany
's
decision, insisting they were highly dependent on them for energy.
"I can't imagine that
Slovenia
would
stop producing energy at Krsko (nuclear power plant) amid fears of a nuclear
catastrophe," Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor told a joint news
conference with his Slovakian counterpart Iveta Radicova.
Germany
agreed Monday an end to nuclear power in the wake of the crisis at
Japan
's
Fukushima
plant, caused by an earthquake and tsunami in March.
Pahor insisted
Slovenia
's
sole nuclear power plant at Krsko produced one third of the country's needs and
met the highest safety standards.
By closing the plant, he said,
Slovenia
would
be forced to "import energy from nuclear plants in neighboring countries,
which are so close to
Slovenia
that
a catastrophe there would have an impact on us too."
Radicova said a decision to close
Slovakia
's two
nuclear power plants "would leave the country without 50% of its energy
needs."
"We call for a middle way which would mean to increase the safety levels
and meet the highest criteria on security," she said on a one-day visit to
Slovenia
.
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