Fearing Energy Dependency, Bulgarians Demand Re-opening of Nuclear Reactors
Articles — By forcechange on January 18, 2009 1:18 pm
Highlighting the complex and widespread impacts of the Russian-Ukrainian natural gas dispute, protesters in Bulgaria demanded on Sunday the reopening of two nuclear reactors in that country. The reactors, which are left-over from the Soviet-era, have been shut-down since 2006 as a requisite for gaining entry into the EU.
Now, with natural gas supplies being sharply reduced as a result of the Russia-Ukraine dispute, Bulgarians are demanding more energy independence.
Reuters reports that “About 2,500 protesters with placards reading ‘Speed up Bulgarian energy’ and ‘Restart’ marched through [Bulgaria's capital] Sofia,” and that “Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said the government would study all the arguments about possibly restarting the units after meeting the organizers.”
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