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Energoatom and Škoda extend links
Energoatom and Škoda extend links
Energoatom and Skoda JS memorandum 48Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom and Czech engineering company Škoda JS have signed a memorandum of cooperation and an agreement on confidentiality.
Corporate · Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Site studies to begin for Czech repository
Site studies to begin for Czech repository
Czech repository concept 48The Czech environment ministry has given its approval for initial geological surveys to begin at seven candidate sites for a national repository for high-level radioactive waste.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Rožná uranium mine closing in 2017
Rožná uranium mine closing in 2017
The Rožná uranium mine in the Czech Republic will continue operations until mid-2017, Czech Republic minister of commerce and industry Jan Mladek said during a visit to the mine in Dolni Rozinka last week.
Uranium & Fuel · Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Ten nations petition Brussels for nuclear
Ten nations petition Brussels for nuclear
The Czech government has expressed the common view of ten European countries in favour of nuclear power in a letter to the European Commission.
Podcasts & Features · Friday, 4 July 2014
Vendors react to Czech cancellation
Vendors react to Czech cancellation
An announcement by Areva that it has withdrawn legal action against the Czech Republic completed a round of reactions from the three vendors that made bids to build two new reactors at Temelin.
Corporate · Tuesday, 22 April 2014
CEZ cancels Temelin expansion tender
CEZ cancels Temelin expansion tender
Czech utility CEZ has informed the participants in the tender to construct two new reactors at the Temelin nuclear power plant that it has cancelled the procurement process.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 10 April 2014
Don't impede our nuclear, V4 tells EU
Don't impede our nuclear, V4 tells EU
V4 ministers (Árvai Károly/Hungary PM)_48Leaders from four central European countries have come together to tell the European Union they feel that nuclear energy is being discriminated against, and have called for the EU to support their nuclear expansion plans.
Nuclear Policies · Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Areva continues Czech appeal
Areva continues Czech appeal
Areva has filed legal action against the Czech anti-monopoly office claiming that its decision not to allow the French reactor vendor to appeal against the disqualification of its bid to build two new units at the Temelin nuclear power plant was unlawful.
Corporate · Monday, 30 September 2013
Westinghouse bolsters Czech capabilities
Westinghouse bolsters Czech capabilities
Vitkovice Power Engineering will produce a mock-up of an AP1000 plant sub-module in the latest of a series of agreements that Westinghouse has signed with Czech companies as it seeks to build two new reactors at Temelin.
Corporate · Monday, 29 July 2013
Temelin tender decision faces delay
Temelin tender decision faces delay
Political turmoil could impact the tender process for the planned construction of two new reactors at the Czech Republic's Temelin plant. The winning bid was due to be decided in September.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Japan and V4 pledge cooperation
Japan and V4 pledge cooperation
V4+Japan (Image: Government of Japan)_48A summit meeting of the leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Japan has concluded with the prime ministers promising ongoing cooperation in fields including nuclear energy.
Nuclear Policies · Monday, 17 June 2013
Gift of salt for Czech research program
Gift of salt for Czech research program
A Czech nuclear research institute has received a shipment of fluoride salt from the US Department of Energy. The Řež research institute is conducting studies into the use of the salt as a coolant in high-temperature nuclear reactors.
New Nuclear · Monday, 20 May 2013
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