Dukovany nuclear power plant in the Czech RepublicPRAGUE, Apr 1 fuel for two local nuclear power plants, this was the third delivery of nuclear fuel since the start of the military operation in Ukraine on February 24, Ladislav Krzhizh, a spokesman for the ČEZ energy company, told reporters. Russian Federation after February 24. This was the third and last flight with this cargo.NPP «Temelin» (in the south-west of the country) now has fuel for more than two years, NPP «Dukovany» (in the south-east of the country) — for three years «, said Krizh.
The President of Poland hopes for US assistance in the construction of nuclear power plantsThe supplier of fuel for Czech nuclear power plants is the Russian nuclear fuel producer — the TVEL production holding, which is part of the fuel division of the state corporation Rosatom. years, the current contract, in particular at the Temelin nuclear power plant, expires in two years. Both Czech nuclear power plants were built according to Soviet designs. The Dukovany nuclear power plant was launched in 1985-1987, it has four power units with a total capacity of 2040 megawatts. The Temelin NPP was launched in 2002, it consists of two power units with VVER-1000 reactors with a total capacity of 2160 megawatts. On behalf of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic, the ČEZ company announced on March 17 a tender for the construction of a new power unit at the Dukovany NPP. At the beginning of 2018, applications for participation in the tender were submitted by the Russian state corporation Rosatom, the American-Canadian company Westinghouse, the Chinese China General Nuclear Power, the French EDF and the South Korean KHNP. At the end of September 2021, Czech President Milos Zeman signed the so-called «low-carbon law», which, among other things, provides for the exclusion of Russian and Chinese firms from potential bidders. Representatives of the government that prepared this document argued the decision with security considerations. Earlier, on February 12, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala told reporters that two new power units could be built at the Temelin nuclear power plant in the future.
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