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The Czech government has approved the “Czech SMR Roadmap – Applicability & Contribution to Economy”, which was submitted by the Ministry of Industry & Trade. Based on the Roadmap, small modular reactor (SMR) technology will be included in the State Energy Policy and recognised in the Spatial Development Policy of the Czech Republic. The Roadmap provides an overview of possible sites and investment models.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsczech-republic-approves-roadmap-for-smr-development-11278146
Construction would mostly be at existing coal plants, but Dukovany and Temelín nuclear sites also an option
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 04 November 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/government-approves-smr-roadmap-that-calls-for-deployment-in-early-2030s-11-5-2023
Plans for small modular reactors (SMRs) in the Czech Republic are to be included in State Energy Policy and Spatial Development Policy of the Czech Republic after a minister-led working group examining their potential outlined numerous potential sites and called for the start of construction in the first half of the 2030s.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 04 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Czech
Studies could speed up permitting and construction schedules
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/european-companies-get-us-grants-for-small-modular-reactor-projects-9-3-2023
In a speech to open a conference discussing future strategy for the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said the country would need as many as four new nuclear power units.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 02 September 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Czech-PM-suggests-four-new-nuclear-units-needed
Czech power utility CEZ says it has tentatively identified two preferred construction sites for small modular reactors (SMRs), in addition to the Temelín pilot location. The two sites in Detmarovice and Tušimice are at current coal-fired power plants, which are being transformed for emission-free operation. As part of its Vision 2030, CEZ Group it committed to preparing for the construction of SMRs with a total capacity of over 1,000 MWe after 2040.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 03 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsez-identifies-two-more-possible-sites-for-smrs-10644590
The Czech Republic's ČEZ's first small modular reactor (SMR) project is to be near the Temelín nuclear power plant. It has now identified the coal-fired power plants at Dětmarovice and Tušimice as the preferred locations for its second and third SMRs.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/CEZ-identifies-two-further-preferred-SMR-sites
Representatives of the main political parties running in the forthcoming Czech parliamentary elections agreed the country needs nuclear energy in its future energy mix, Tomáš Kovalovský, chairman of the Czech Nuclear Association, and Tomáš Měřínský, chairman of Sekurkon, write in an overview of the Nuclear Power - New Nuclear Builds conference, held on 23 September in Prague.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 01 October 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Conference-Czech-politicians-show-support-for-nucl
The climate emergency has further boosted Czech support for nuclear energy, Zuzana Krejčiříková, director of public affairs at ČEZ Group, said last week during a webinar hosted by the Expert Group on Resource Management of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. The largely state-run utility's transparent approach to new-build projects has also helped public acceptance of the government's plans to support the expansion of the Dukovany nuclear power plant, she said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/CEZ-credits-public-acceptance-of-new-nuclear
If the European Commission is serious about its efforts to support the post-virus economic recovery and to achieving a clean energy transition, then it will correct the omission of nuclear energy in its Green Deal package and in the EU Taxonomy, Czech and Polish ministers have written in letters to Frans Timmermans and Kadri Simons, respectively the first vice president of the European Commission and the European commissioner for energy.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 25 June 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Help-coal-dependent-countries-switch-to-nuclear-mi