PM: Safety First in Decision on Second Nuclear Reactor

Ljubljana, 17 March - Prime Minister Borut Pahor told the press on Thursday that he was in favour of nuclear energy, but stressed that safety of the people and the environment was essential when discussing further investments at Slovenia's only nuclear power plant, as the country is deciding whether to build a second reactor at Krsko (SE).

Ljubljana Andrej Stritar, the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Andrej Stritar, the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor talking to the press after government session. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Borut Pahor talking to the press after government session.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor (left) and Andrej Stritar (right), the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Borut Pahor (left) and Andrej Stritar (right), the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Andrej Stritar, the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Andrej Stritar, the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Andrej Stritar, the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Andrej Stritar, the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana, vlada. Direktor UKOM Darijan Košir, predsednik vlade Borut Pahor in direktor Uprave RS za jedrsko varnost Andrej Stritar na novinarski konferenci po seji vlade. Foto: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana, vlada.
Direktor UKOM Darijan Košir, predsednik vlade Borut Pahor in direktor Uprave RS za jedrsko varnost Andrej Stritar na novinarski konferenci po seji vlade.
Foto: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor talking to the press after government session. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Borut Pahor talking to the press after government session.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Borut Pahor (left) and Andrej Stritar (right), the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Borut Pahor (left) and Andrej Stritar (right), the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Andrej Stritar, the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Andrej Stritar, the head of Slovenia's Nuclear Safety Administration, talking to the press after government session.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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