Croatia's plan for a new radioactive waste storage facility near its border with Bosnia is facing mounting opposition from its neighbour due to concerns the plant could have a potentially devastating health and environmental impact.
The government chose the site near the River Una, a tributary to the Danube, in 2018, for storing Croatia's half of the waste produced by the nuclear power plant Krsko , which it co-owns with fellow European Union member Slovenia.
Bosnian authorities, who are awaiting the results of their own expert study on the safety of the project, hope that Croatia may still change its mind on the location. Croatia has dismissed these worries. "According to preliminary studies, we can say that the location is extremely safe," said Josip Lebegner, director of the fund for decommissioning and disposal of radioactive waste from NUK.
Lebegner said he expected the government's environmental research would be released by the end of the year.Last month, showing determination to proceed with the project despite opposition, Croatia resumed the clearance of the area from landmines and installed a seismic station to measure sensitivity of the soil to earthquakes.
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