The Krsko nuclear power plant (NEK) is planning to invest some EUR 400 million into the upgrading of nuclear safety in the next ten years, and these funds will be spent primarily on preventive measures, NEK management board member, Hrvoje Perharic told a round table discussion on the future of nuclear energy on Thursday.
At the event, organised by the Croatian economy ministry in Zagreb, Perharic said that in the last ten years more than 30 million euros annually had been invested in the technological modernisation of the plant, co-owned by Croatia and Slovenia and located in the Slovenian town of Krsko.
He said that the technological state of affairs in the plant and investments had created preconditions for the extension of the plant's operational life-span by some 20 years.
Asked about consequences of a possible strong earthquake for the Krsko plant, Perharic said that every nuclear plant, including Krsko, was designed and built according to seismic activities in the area where they are located.
As for possible earthquakes in the area, there is no reason to worry that Krsko may have any problems, he said.
Economy Ministry official Darko Horvat said the purpose of today's round table debate was to send messages that everything was being taken so as to ensure the safe work of Krsko as well of the Paks nuclear plant in Hungary.
