Prague ready to negotiate nuclear power issues with Vienna

Prague is ready to negotiate the planned extension of the Dukovany and Temelin nuclear power plants with Vienna, Czech Industry and Trade Minister Jan Mladek said on Tuesday in reaction to neighbouring Austria´s threat to sue the Czech Republic over the plan. Speaking at the European Nuclear Forum in Prague, the Czech industry minister said he would discuss the matter with his Austrian counterpart at a meeting in Český Krumlov, south Bohemia, on June 1. Austria has not ruled out filing a lawsuit against the Czech Republic at the European Court of Justice over the government’s plan to expand both of its nuclear power plants in the coming years.