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Czech power utility CEZ has extended the deadline for submitting the final bids for construction of the new nuclear reactor at the Dukovany NPP by nearly a month at the request of one of the bidders, reported by CTK to be US Westinghouse. The other bidders are France’s EDF and Korea hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), all offering pressurised water reactor designs. Westinghouse is proposing its AP1000, KHNP its APR1400 design and EDF its EPR1200 (a smaller version of its standard EPR). Russia and China were excluded from the bidding in 2021.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 22 September 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsez-extends-deadline-for-final-bids-for-new-nuclear-unit-at-dukovany-11163261

Holtec International has concluded a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Czech Republic’s Škoda Praha and South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction (HDEC) to advance the planning for construction of SMR-160s in the Czech Republic. The SMR-160 is a small modular pressurised light-water reactor, generating 160MWe (525MWt) using low-enriched uranium fuel, with flexibility to produce process heat for industrial applications and hydrogen production.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 28 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsholtec-advances-plans-for-smr-160-deployment-in-czech-republic-10122770

Škoda Praha has agreed to work on cost estimates and plans to build Holtec SMR-160 units in the Czech Republic with Holtec's partner, Hyundai Engineering and Construction.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Thursday, 27 October 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Holtec-s-team-for-Czech-Republic-grows

With soaring energy prices and a renewed need for energy security, Professor Radek Skoda from the Czech Technical University puts the case for an innovative nuclear-fuelled district heating system.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Nuclear-and-the-district-heating-indust

Czech state power company ČEZ is planning to build one Generation III+ reactor at the Dukovany site. Courtesy Dukovany NPP. EDF signed 10 agreements with the Czech nuclear industry at the World Nuclear exhibition in Paris, marking an important step forward in the company’s commitment to the Dukovany-5 nuclear power plant project.

EDF said the agreements were signed with key Czech companies active in the nuclear field: BAEST Machines & Structures, I&C Energo, Hutní Montáže, Mico Group, MSA, Sigma, Škoda, ÚJV Řež, Reko Praha and Zat. EDF said it is looking forward to delivering a European project supported by a qualified Czech and European supply chain.

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.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Thursday, 02 December 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/edf-signs-10-agreements-for-dukovany-5-new-build-project-12-3-2021

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts last week completed a follow-up nuclear security advisory mission to the Czech Republic. The two-week International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission included a review of the legislative and regulatory framework for the physical protection of nuclear material and associated facilities and activities, including transport.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Czech-nuclear-security-regime-is-robust,-says-IAEA

Prague wants to build new nuclear plants to replace polluting coal facilities The tender for new units at the Dukovany site (pictured) could include the option of new reactors at Temelín. Courtesy ČEZ. The tender for new reactors at the Dukovany plant in the Czech Republic will include a non-binding option for more units at the Temelín plant, the Czech minister of trade and industry, Karel Havlicek, said in an interview with the Právo newspaper.

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

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, the leading Korean heavy industries company, has signed an agreement to buy Czech power plant equipment maker Skoda Power a.s., which will provide the rights to proprietary turbine technologies used in power plants.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdoosan-buys-skoda-power