Albania Nuclear Reactor Reports Premature

Albania Nuclear Reactor Reports Premature

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.

But the reports are untrue, according to Tomislav Mazal, an adviser to Croatia's head negotiator on the issue, Vice Prime Minister Damir Polancec. "We have never talked about how much it might cost or where it might be."

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