Vorarlberg’s complaint against Mühleberg

On 31 May 2012 the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg took a civil lawsuit against the Mühleberg nuclear power plant in to the Regional Court of Feldkirch.

The lawsuit of Vorarlberg concerning an increased deriving from the nuclear power plant Mühleberg is based on an expertise by the Austrian Ministry of Life.
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Besides the action in Austria the state Vorarlberg also prepares a lawsuit in Switzerland: Bern’s lawyer Rainer Weibel is working on a motion demanding the withdrawal of the operating permit. This motion which is to be filed in Switzerland and which aims at an operating termination, is to be submitted during the summer.

The operator of the nuclear power plant Mühleberg BKW FMB Energy AG has now four weeks to respond to the action in Feldkirch.

^{Source: M.A. by state of Vorarlberg,state correspondency, 31 May 2012.
(Translation Current Concerns)}