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Article

3 Sep 2010

Author:
Jan Richter, Radio Praha

Ministry dismisses criticism of impact study for new blocks at Temelín nuclear plant [Czech Republic]

The Czech Environment Ministry dismissed...criticism voiced by a number of Czech NGOs over an environmental impact report for the construction of two new blocks at the Temelín nuclear power plant in southern Bohemia...[S]everal Czech NGOs including the Czech branches of Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace...say it’s incomplete in that it fails to justify the need for the two new blocks, ignores the issues of radioactive waste, and does not give any details about the planned reactors. Also, the study ignores the so-called zero alternative...[T]he Czech Environment Ministry says that the report, compiled by the plant’s operator, the state-owned energy giant ČEZ, is sound, and the process will continue. Petr Kučera...a spokesman for the ministry [said], “The documentation considered by the Environment Ministry meets all the requirements...”