Filter by tags: Rosatom Czech Republic Clear all tag filters
32 news articles found
It is neither sensible nor safe to replace the Russian nuclear fuel used in the VVER-440 reactors at Hungary’s Paks NPP with fuel from another supplier, Hungarian nuclear engineer Zsolt Hárfás said in an interview with Magyar Nemzet. “An often asked question is whether fresh Russian nuclear fuel used in the VVER-440 reactors at the Paks NPP can be quickly replaced by fuel from alternative producers. The short answere is ‘no’ because currently none of the Western manufacturers has an officially approved fuel assembly suitable for VVER-440 units,” he said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 18 January 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclear-expert-advises-against-replacing-russian-fuel-rods-at-paks-11443001
Global supply chain needed so countries can move from dependence on Moscow, says Urenco executive
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/europe-bloc-needs-new-strategy-on-russian-nuclear-fuel-but-investment-required-12-3-2023
Westinghouse said in a statement that fuel deliveries are expected to begin in 2024 while the contract is anticipated to be valid for seven years.
The contract will replace supplies by Russian nuclear fuel manufacturer Tvel, a subsidiary of state-owned nuclear group Rosatom.
ČEZ said in a separate statement that Dukovany has stored nuclear fuel to cover about three years of operation. The station is obliged to maintain these reserves even after signing the new fuel contract, the statement said.
Daniel Beneš, chief executive officer of ČEZ, said the signing of the new “western supplier” contract for Dukovany means “a further significant strengthening of energy security” for the company and the Czech Republic.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 01 April 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/westinghouse-and-cez-sign-vver-440-fuel-deal-for-dukovany-nuclear-plant-3-5-2023
EDF has said its proposal to CEZ, and its project company Elektrárna Dukovany II, for construction of a new power unit at the Dukovany NPP, includes:
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsedf-submits-proposal-for-dukovany-newbuild-10413866
ČEZ said Elektrárna Dukovany II, the wholly owned subsidiary set up to implement the new-build project, will now analyse the bids and negotiate with the three bidders. The bidders will then submit final bids by the end of September 2023.
Majority state-owned ČEZ, which launched the Dukovany expansion tender in March, said it expects the contracts to be finalised in 2024.
The initial bids are the basis for clarifying technical and commercial parameters, but not for the actual selection or exclusion of contractors, ČEZ said.
EDF’s reactor technology is the EPR, KHNP’s the APR-1400 and Westinghouse’s the AP1000. All three reactor types have seen commercial operation or are under construction in different countries.
Two EPRs and four AP1000s are commercially operational in China, while the APR-1400 is operated commercially in South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Additionally, EPR new build projects are near completion at Olkiluoto in Finland and Flamanville in France, while construction is under way of two EPR units at Hinkley Point C in England. Two APR-1400s are in the commissioning stage and two are operating commercially at Barakah in the UAE.
ČEZ said there has been progress on preparation for the project. In 2019, the environment ministry approved an environmental impact assessment. Last year, Elektrárna Dukovany II received a siting permit from the State Office for Nuclear Safety and a generating facility authorisation from the ministry of industry and trade. The zoning procedure has begun, with the company applying to the building authority in June 2021.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 01 December 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/three-companies-submit-bids-to-build-new-nuclear-at-dukovany-11-3-2022
The European Commission (EC) has said it has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether public support that the Czech government plans to grant for the construction of a new NPP in Dukovany is in line with European Union (EU) state aid rules.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 06 July 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsec-begins-investigation-into-czech-plans-for-new-dukovany-unit-meets-state-aid-rules-9824732
Rosatom’s Fuel Company and decommissioning industry integrator, TVEL JSC on 2 December signed co-operation agreements on decommissioning with France’s Robatel Industries and a group of French companies D&S Groupe as well as with Czech Škoda JS. The agreements were signed on the sidelines of the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE 2021) in Paris.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 04 December 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-tvel-signs-decommissioning-agreements-with-french-and-czech-companies-9297417
Mr Havlicek said the government could issue a tender to build another reactor at the Dukovany nuclear power station after the mid-October elections.
He added that if his populist ANO party wins the election “We will also start preparing for Temelín” He said including the possibility of new units at Temelín in the tender Is “a greater motivation for suppliers, and thus we are pushing even harder on the price”.
Czech state power company ČEZ has said it is planning to build one Generation III+ reactor at the Dukovany site, with a maximum installed capacity of 1,200 MW. However, the company filed for permission to build up to two new units. In 2014, ČEZ cancelled the tender for construction of two new Temelín units after it failed to get state guarantees for the project.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/dukovany-tender-could-include-option-for-more-temelin-reactors-10-1-2021
Czech President Miloš Zeman on 27 September signed into law the Act on Measures for the Czech Republic's Transition to Low-Carbon Energy and on the Amendment of Act No 165/2000 Coll On Supported Energy Sources (known as Lex Dukovany). The law, allows a state-owned company to purchase electricity from new nuclear plants at a fixed rate for at least 30 years, with the possibility of extension. The power will be resold on the wholesale market and any profit or loss translated into an adjustment to power bills, although the government said it will set an upper limit on any extra cost.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 01 October 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsczech-energy-law-adopted-temelin-expansion-may-follow-new-dukovany-unit-9120810
The Dukovany nuclear power station in the Czech Republic. Photo courtesy ČEZ. The Czech Republic’s security row with Russia could influence a decision on whether Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is invited to join a $7bn tender for a new nuclear power plant at the Dukovany nuclear station, industry minister Karel Havlicek said.
The Czech Republic is expelling 18 Russian diplomats over suspicions that Russian intelligence services were involved in an ammunition depot explosion in 2014.
The expulsions come as the country looks to start a tender for the construction of a nuclear plant at state utility ČEZ’s Dukovany nuclear station.
“These events of course can affect Dukovany tender,” Mr Havlicek said. “It is very serious news, any such act, should it be confirmed, must clearly have consequences.”
Russia’s state news agency Tass quoted Mr Havlicek as saying Rosatom’s participation in the tender seems “unlikely”.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 20 April 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/russia-row-could-influence-decision-on-usd7-billion-nuclear-tender-says-minister-4-1-2021