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Czech Premier Says No Reason to Halt Temelin Work, CTK Says



Czech Premier Says No Reason to Halt Temelin Work, CTK Says

Prague, Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman said 
there's no reason meet demands by Austria to halt the trial 
operations of Temelin, a nuclear plant in the southern part of the 
Czech Republic, the CTK news agency said. 

Zeman met with Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel last night in 
Zidlochovice, in southeastern Czech Republic, to discuss the plant, 
which was started last month. The startup sparked protests from the 
Austrian government as well as border blockades by Austrian 
activists. 

Zeman and Schuessel agreed to set up a hotline between the two 
governments for a rapid exchange of information regarding Temelin. 
They also agreed that both countries will respect nuclear safety 
standards which are to be defined by European Commission experts, CTK 
said. 

``The Czech government has the same interest as the Austrian 
government, that Temelin should be safe, and if it becomes obvious 
it's not, we won't operate it,'' Zeman said, according to CTK.. 

Just before the meeting, the Czech Office for Nuclear Safety gave 
Temelin permission to begin raising the reactor's output. 

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