World Politics Review

Albania Nuclear Reactor Reports Premature


By Phil Cain | 28 Apr 2009

Recent reports of a nuclear power station being built in Albania with Croatian assistance generated about as much heat as they did light.

Two weeks ago, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serb newspapers all reported -- without naming their source -- that the governments of Albania and Croatia had agreed to build a 1,500-megawatt power station near lake Skadar, which is divided between Montenegro and Albania. The cost of the project, they said, would be around €5 billion. ...