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Czechoslovakia’s nuclear plans bad for environment

Czech industry ministry sparks uproar with long term power plans Radio Czechoslovakia 14-10-2009  Chris JohnstoneThe Czech Ministry of Industry has just made public its plans for the country’s energy policy over the next four decades. They include more nuclear power, the breaching of environmental barriers to mining brown coal, and expansion of uranium mining. ………

……the ministry calls for further mining of uranium — either at the current deep mine in the centre of the country or at sites in the north. That area is still suffering from the massive pollution problems caused by the chemical extraction of uranium under the former communist regime. This polluted the groundwater and has resulted in an ongoing clean-up costing billions of crowns…………..

Czech industry ministry sparks uproar with long term power plans – Radio Prague

October 15, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1