(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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