Czech ambassador to Vienna criticises “Dukovany” film

The Czech ambassador to Vienna, Jan Koukal, has described as “unfortunate”,“misleading”, and "immoral" a film broadcast by Austria’s ORF on Thursday, depicting a “what if” scenario of a nuclear accident at the Czech Republic’s Dukovany plant. Mr Koukal said the work was shot in a way that it “hurt Czech-Austrian relations”. The film was broadcast as part of a four-hour bloc marking the 30th anniversary of Austria’s referendum on nuclear power. Nuclear safety has long been an important issue between Austria and its neighbour. The film broadcast on Thursday is said to present a biased depiction of the Czech authorities as incapable in their response to the depicted disaster. Earlier, the Czech Embassy in Vienna rejected a claim that an embassy official had been invited to screen the material in advance.