Current Affairs Plans to expand Temelín provoke Austrian anger

05-08-2009 16:45 | Rosie Johnston

ČEZ’s decision to more than double Temelín’s capacity has raised hackles in neighbouring anti-nuclear Austria. Politicians in Upper Austria, which lies under 30 kilometres away, have threatened legal action and even border blockades if the expansion goes ahead. The Austrian Green Party ranks amongst the plan’s most vociferous critics. A little earlier, I asked the Austrian Greens’ spokesperson, Christiane Brunner, what her party’s problem with the new reactors was:

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