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The Americans are going to supply nuclear fuel also to Dukovany, not only to Temelín
The American company Westinghouse with a production plant in Sweden will also supply nuclear fuel for the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant from 2024. Currently, only the Russian company TVEL was the only one in the world producing fuel for that type of reactors and supplying it to Dukovan. After the outbreak of war in Ukraine last year, CEZ immediately started negotiations to find a new fuel supplier for security reasons. Westinghouse accelerated the development and the contract signed today is the result.
29. 3. 2023
After preliminary assessment ČEZ has identified two preferred construction sites for small modular reactors, in addition to the Temelín pilot location, in Dětmarovice and Tušimice
ČEZ has tentatively identified two preferred sites for the second and third small modular reactors (SMRs). After the first SMR project at the Temelín Nuclear Power Plant site, SMRs could also be built in Dětmarovice and Tušimice. That is on the sites of current coal-fired power plants, which are being transformed into emission-free sites. As part of Vision 2030, ČEZ Group has committed itself to preparing the construction of small modular reactors with a total capacity of over 1,000 MW after 2040. However, small modular reactors could have been built at these sites as early as the second half of the 1930s. The main purpose of the SMR construction is to ensure a long-term secure supply of stable emission-free energy.
27. 2. 2023
Czech nuclear power plants announce record production
Czech nuclear power plants produced a record amount of energy in 2022. They supplied 31 TWh of electricity to the transmission network, 300,000 megawatt hours more than in the previous year. Thus, they saved approximately 22.5 million tons of carbon dioxide. The record production is the result of a series of modernizations and improvements that increased the reliability and performance of both key Czech energy sources. In 2023, CEZ expects a slightly lower production of the nucelar power plants due to very extensive investments into their planned at least 60 years of operation.
2. 1. 2023
Elektrárna Dukovany II, a. s., a ČEZ Group company, has received bids from three bidders for the construction of a new nuclear power source in Dukovany
Elektrárna Dukovany II, a. s. (EDU II), a wholly owned subsidiary of ČEZ, has received bids from three bidders for the construction of a new nuclear power source in Dukovany. US-Canadian Westinghouse, French EdF and Korean KHNP had until today to submit their bids. EDU II will now analyze the bids and then negotiate with the bidders. The bidders will then submit their final bids by the end of September next year.