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" Austrian expert expects more nuclear power as oil supply looks uncertain "
Austrian expert expects more nuclear power as oil supply looks uncertain
Die Presse, 27 May 2004
Vienna - Guenther Brauner, a professor at Vienna's Technical University (TU)
has warned that Austria may see more nuclear power plants close to its
borders in future after Slovakia, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic announced
plans to expand their nuclear energy programmes. He believes countries in
Eastern Europe have a more "neutral" view of atomic energy and that fears
over the supply of natural resources, including oil, mean that many
countries will rely more heavily on nuclear reactors in future. "You only
need a bag full of TNT to blow up a pipeline in Iraq," he said. The
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has estimated that Europe will
require 600,000 megawatt hours of additional power by 2030. Brauner says the
continent will not be able to create this through alternative renewable
energy sources alone. Earlier this week, Czech Industry Minister Martin
Pecina announced plans to start building work on another reactor at Temelin
in the coming months.
The move came just days after Slovakia announced extensions at the Mochovce
plant.
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Tuesday 25th May, 2004
Slovakia to complete nuclear power facility
Tuesday 25th May, 2004
The Slovak government will press ahead with the completion of its second
nuclear power plant regardless of Austrian objections, the government said
Monday.
Slovakia's Mochovce nuclear power station needs another $1 billion in
investment before it can come on line at full capacity, industry analysts
say. Austria, which has long objected to the construction of nuclear power
plants in nearby former communist countries, wants Slovakia to decommission
the power plant.
Economy Minister Pavol Rusko said Monday Slovakia would not yield to
Austria's demands. He added that bidders looking to take a majority stake in
Slovakia's main electricity company Slovenske Elektrarne, which runs the
nuclear power plant, would be looked upon favorably if they pledge funds to
complete the Mochovce plant.
Austria shares borders with Slovakia and the Czech Republic, both of which
have nuclear power programs which began in the Soviet era.
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Slovak NPPs on the web :
http://www.seas.sk/index.php?id=192
http://www.seas.sk/index.php?id=200
http://www.seas.sk/index.php?id=186
Operation of bubbler-condenser system:
http://www.seas.sk/index.php?id=228#barbot
Main Control Room:
http://www.seas.sk/index.php?id=233
reactor graphics - Bohunice NPP:
http://www.seas.sk/index.php?id=197
http://www.seas.sk/index.php?id=198