Croatia complains it was kept in the dark after Slovenian reactor incident, while others were told l

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There was a 27-state EU-wide alert yesterday, I posted it here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3339211&mesg_id=3339211
This is a follow-up.

http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2008/croatia_indark

Croatia complains it was kept in the dark after Slovenian reactor incident, while others were told leak was an ‘exercise’

Despite an European Union-wide warning about a possible radiation leak at the Krsko Nuclear Power Plant in Slovenia, officials from neighboring Croatia, which is presently only a candidate for EU membership, complained on local media in Zagreb that they were “the last to know” about the incident at the plant that the two countries co-own.

Charles Digges, 05/06-2008

Meanwhile officials from Austria, Italy and Hungary said they had been informed that the coolant leak at the Krsko plant was only an exercise, while the rest of Europe had been told of the actual proportions of the event, Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik said Thursday.

After officials at Krsko Nuclear Power Plant reported that they had experienced possible problems with the reactor’s primary coolant system during a shutdown, all 27 members of the European Union were alerted by the European Commission.

But there was an apparent break down in communication with Slovenia’s immediate neighbours and Austria was particularly infuriated.

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