ZAGREB, April 26 (Hina) - Croatian parliament on Thursday evening started a discussion on a bill on the ratification of a Croatian-Slovene agreement regulating the status and other legal relations concerning the nuclear power plant
Krsko, and a joint statement on the agreement.
ZAGREB, April 26 (Hina) - Croatian parliament on Thursday evening
started a discussion on a bill on the ratification of a Croatian-
Slovene agreement regulating the status and other legal relations
concerning the nuclear power plant Krsko, and a joint statement on
the agreement. #L#
The agreement, which was signed last year, should regulate the
long-term provision of significant amounts of power to Croatia thus
postponing the need for new investments. Each country should obtain
equal amounts of power produced at Krsko, totalling around 2.5
billion kilowatt-hours per year. Croatia should start receiving
the power as of July 1 this year.
Production costs would be covered equally by both countries. The
most important fact is that Croatia can control production costs,
said Deputy Economy Minister Maja Brinar. By being able to co-
manage the plant, Croatia will make efforts to make the power as
cheap as possible, without jeopardising the safety of the plant,
she said.
Brinar added that the plant contained some radioactive parts and
that they would remain there at least by 2023, when the plant is to
be closed down. By that time, the two countries will have to decide
what to do with the waste.
The bill on the ratification of the agreement on Krsko is in the
first reading.
(hina) rml