Energy permit issued for second unit of Krško nuclear power station

Ljubljana, 19 July - The Infrastructure Ministry has issued an energy permit for the construction of the second unit at the Krško nuclear power station, a step that allows permitting procedures to begin and comes a week after the national climate strategy enshrined nuclear as a long-term energy option. The project will be managed by the state-owned Gen Energija.

Ljubljana
Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec speaking to the press about projects in the energy sector.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec speaking to the press about projects in the energy sector.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Gen Energija director general Martin Novšak speaking to the press about projects in the energy sector.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Krško
NEK, located in Vrbina near the town of Krško on the border with Croatia, which owns half of the nuclear power station, build at a time of former Yugoslavia.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA
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