Krško

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Občina Krško

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Area:	344.9 km²
Population  - males  - females	27,586 13,679 13,907
Mayor:	[Franc Bogovič]
Average age:	39.26 years
Residential areas:  - households:  - families:	28.21 m²/person 9,164 7,663
Working active:  - unemployed:	12,949 2,131
Average monthly salary (August 2003):  - gross:  - net:	239,501 SIT 151,511 SIT
College/university students:	978
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002.

Krško is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. Nowadays Krško is famous for hosting the only Slovenian nuclear power plant.

Nuclear plant

The nuclear power plant was connected to the power grid on October 2, 1981 and went into commercial operation on January 15, 1983. It was built as a joint venture by Slovenia and Croatia which were at the time both part of Yugoslavia.

The plant has a Westinghouse pressurized water reactor, with a rated thermal capacity of 1,882 thermal megawatts (MWth) and 632 megawatts-electric (MWe). It runs on enriched uranium (2,1-4,3 weight-percent ²³⁵U), fuel mass 48,7 t, with 121 fuel elements, demineralized water as the moderator, and 33 bundles of 20 control rods each made of silver, indium and cadmium alloys to regulate power.

The operating company Nuklearna Elektrarna Krško (NEK)[link] is co-owned by the Slovenian company Eles-Gen, child company of the state-owned Elektro Slovenija, and the Croatian state-owned company Hrvatska elektroprivreda. The power plant provides more than one-quarter of Slovenia's and roughly a fifth of Croatia's power.

The nuclear waste from the plant is currently being stored nearby.

The planned retirement date is January 14, 2023.

External links

• [Krško], official page of municipality (in Slovenian)

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