Portugal to complain to EU over Spain's planned nuclear dump site

Portugal will appeal to the European Commission over the planned construction by Spain of a nuclear waste storage facility at the Almaraz power plant because it fears cross-border environmental risks, Environment Minister Joao Matos Fernandes said on Thursday. Matos Fernandes spoke after talks with representatives of the Spanish government, whose announcement on Dec. 29 of the decision to build the storage facility took the Portuguese side by surprise. "Portugal will request the intervention of