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NUCLEAR-EARTHQUAKE
Slovenia nuclear plant shut as precaution after Croatia earthquake
LJUBLJANA, Dec 29, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Slovenia’s Krsko nuclear power plant has been shut down as a precaution after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake was registered in neighbouring Croatia, the plant’s spokeswoman said Tuesday.
“I can confirm the preventive shutdown,” spokeswoman Ida Novak Jerele told AFP.
The earthquake was felt in several neighbouring countries, including Slovenia.
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