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BULGARIA is poised to build the first Russian-designed nuclear power plant in the European Union. However, the site was rejected in the 1980s because it was prone to earthquakes.
The proposed site, at Belene, is near an active fault, according to Gueorgui Kastchiev, the former head of Bulgaria's nuclear plant at Kozloduy - where four of the six Russian reactors have been deemed unsafe and shut down.
Last week, Kastchiev argued that the site was rejected in the 1980s by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Soviet experts. In 1977, an earthquake killed 120 people in a village 15 kilometres away. Also, Kastchiev says, the design is untested, and Bulgaria has a poor safety culture.
"The proposed nuclear site was rejected in the 1980s as it was prone to earthquakes"
Bulgaria's National Electricity Company denies that the region is prone to serious earthquakes.
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BULGARIA is poised to build the first Russian-designed nuclear power plant in the European Union. However, the site was rejected in the 1980s because it was prone to earthquakes.
The proposed site, at Belene, is near an active fault, according to Gueorgui Kastchiev, the former head of Bulgaria's nuclear plant at Kozloduy - where four of the six Russian reactors have been deemed unsafe and shut down.
Last week, Kastchiev argued that the site was rejected in the 1980s by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Soviet experts. In 1977, an earthquake killed 120 people in a village 15 kilometres away. Also, Kastchiev says, the design is untested, and Bulgaria has a poor safety culture.
"The proposed nuclear site was rejected in the 1980s as it was prone to earthquakes"
Bulgaria's National Electricity Company denies that the region is prone to serious earthquakes.
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