Plynová kríza otvára cestu k opätovnému využitiu jadra
V Bruseli sa ozývajú hlasy, ktoré poukazujú na širšie využívanie jadrovej energie v budúcnosti. Viac jadroviek = väčší dopyt po uráne.
Leaders of both countries (SVK a BGR) have now vowed to restart old, unsafe Soviet-style nuclear reactors if gas deliveries did not resume soon.
'We consider restarting (the reactor) as extraordinarily actual and acute. When a critical moment occurs we will make the step,' Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
Bulgaria and Slovakia had shut down their old nuclear reactors as part of their EU accession agreements.
The Slovak declaration provoked outrage in neighbouring Austria. And on Wednesday the European Commission threatened to launch an infringement procedure which could lead to fines.
However, the Czech Republic - which is less dependent on Russian gas than its neighbours - appears to be planning to expand its use of nuclear energy, despite the moratorium on the construction of new nuclear reactors that was part of Prague's EU accession agreement, the daily Hospodarske Noviny reported on Friday
20.01.2009