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Bosnians protest Croatian plans for nuclear waste facility

Croatia to decide whether to build storage or to pay Slovenian

28 September, 13:55
(ANSA-AP) - SARAJEVO- Hundreds of Bosnians have rallied against plans by neighboring Croatia to store part of the waste from the region's only nuclear plant near its border with Bosnia and the area's main river, which is known for its natural beauty. The protesters Friday in the northwestern Bosnian town of Novi Grad warned that a nuclear waste facility would endanger the Una River and the lives of some 250,000 people living in the area. They urged Croatia to abandon its plans to build the storage site at an ex-army barracks at Trgovska Gora and pledged to fight against it. Croatia's state HRT television reported on Friday that Croatia is yet to decide whether it will build storage of its own or pay to store its part of the waste at a new facility that Slovenia is building. Located in Slovenia, the 1980s' Krsko nuclear plant is owned jointly by Croatia. Officials from the two countries are set to meet next week to discuss additional waste storage facilities.

(ANSA-AP).

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