Building a second unit at the existing Krško nuclear power station would cost €11bn ($11.9bn) should Slovenia decide to go ahead with the largest of several possible units under consideration, according to prime minister Robert Golob.
Golob told parliament that the price estimate corresponds to the price of the last nuclear power station to come online in Europe, the 1,600 MW Olkiluoto-3 EPR supplied by France for Finland.
He said Slovenia is determined to speed up the development of a second nuclear power reactor at Krško with commercial operation planned by 2047.