Krsko Nuclear Plant, Slovenia’s only nuclear power plant recently shutdown early this week because of some minor incident. However, it has failed to restart last Thursday due to certain technical problems. According to Ida Novak Jerele, the spokeswoman of the said plant, the system switched off last Wednesday due to an electrical power problem and last Thursday, it failed to restart as planned. But, there is no danger related to the failed restart of Krsko.

Furthermore, the spokeswoman claimed that there were “synchronization” problems discovered that’s why it failed to restarted. There were also “deviations” in the plant’s lubrication oil systems that added to the problem.

Slovenia’s only nuclear power plant was established in 1983 by Westinghouse and was both owned by Slovenia and Croatia. It currently has 2,000 megawatt reactor. The last problem encountered by the plant was in June 2008 wherein there was a faulty valve that led to a water leak causing increase alarms within Europe.

Various environmentalists have pushed the closure of the plant before its scheduled shut down this 2023, yet the Slovenian government is planning to build another reactor this coming 2013.

The nuclear plant located in Krsko, Slovenia has been temporarily closed for a regular overhaul and will start its operations on October 30, 2010.

The said nuclear plant is located near the Croatian border which is jointly owned by the countries Slovenia and Croatia. Since the last overhaul 514 days ago, the plant has been working properly and without any problems. This plant has been supplying a part of the electricity in both countries since year 1983.

Stane Rozman, the CEO of the nuclear plant stated recently that the Office for Nuclear Safety of the country is thinking about the extension of the operation of the plant for 20 years which will be until 2043. Slovenian and Austrian environmental activists have long been fighting for the closure of Krsko nuclear plant long before the declaration of its scheduled closure this coming 2023.

Slovenia together with Serbia and Croatia have agreed and signed a declaration needed for the creation of the joint railway company to give a solution to the traffic at Corridor 10.

Milutin Mrkonjic, Serbian Minister of Infrastructure, stated that this new company will commence its operation this year on September 1. Slovenia, one of the countries involved in this agreement will lead the company since Slovenia is a member of the European Union.

Through the agreement and signing of this deal, the three countries involved are compelled to work on eradicating the administrative limitations particularly of the transportation of goods and passengers during the crossing of borders.