Nuclear energy in the Czech Republic

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Currently (as of December 2017), six reactor blocks with a gross installed capacity of 4,130 MW are operated at two locations in the Czech Republic . The first commercially used reactor block went into operation in 1985.

history

Czechoslovakia nuclear program

After the partition of Czechoslovakia

On December 31, 1992, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic was dissolved. At that time, the Temelín and Mochovce nuclear power plants were still unfinished. It was not until May 1993 that the Czech government decided to complete the first two Temelín blocks.

The Minister of Industry Martin Kocourek ( Petr Nečas government ), who was responsible for the abolition of the Czech Renewable Energy Sources Act in 2011 and the new nuclear course, resigned in November 2011 because he had promissory notes worth almost 700,000 euros during his time as a member of the supervisory board of the semi-state electricity company ČEZ had accepted.

List of nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic

List of nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic (source: IAEA, as of December 2019)
Surname block
 Reactor type VVER model status Net
power
in MW
 Gross
power
in MW
 start of building First network
synchronization 		Commercial
operation
(planned)
 Switching off
processing
(planned)
 Feed-
in in TWh
Dukovany 1 DWR 440/213 In operation 468 500 1979-01-01 01/01/1979 1985-02-24 02/24/1985 1985-05-03 05/03/1985 - 101.63
2 DWR 440/213 In operation 471 500 1979-01-01 01/01/1979 1986-01-30 01/30/1986 1986-03-21 03/21/1986 - 97.99
3 DWR 440/213 In operation 468 500 1979-03-01 03/01/1979 1986-11-14 11/14/1986 1986-12-20 December 20, 1986 - 96.12
4th DWR 440/213 In operation 471 500 1979-03-01 03/01/1979 1987-06-11 06/11/1987 1987-07-19 07/19/1987 - 96.97
Temelín 1 DWR 1000/320 In operation 1026 1080 1987-02-01 02/01/1987 2000-12-21 December 21, 2000 2002-06-10 06/10/2002 - 101.30
2 DWR 1000/320 In operation 1026 1080 1987-02-01 02/01/1987 2002-12-29 12/29/2002 2003-04-18 04/18/2003 - 96.30
3 and 4 DWR 1000/320 Construction stopped on March 1, 1990 892 972 1985-01-01 01/01/1985 - - - -


List of nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic whose construction has stopped
Surname block
 Reactor type model status Net
power
in MW
 Gross
power
in MW
 start of building First network
synchronization 		Commercial
operation
(planned)
 Switching off
processing
(planned)
 Feed-
in in TWh
Temelín 3 PWR VVER V-320 Construction stopped 892 972 1985-01-01 01/01/1985 - - - -
4th PWR VVER V-320 Construction stopped 892 972 1985-01-01 01/01/1985 - - - -
  1. ↑ a b The construction of units 3 and 4 was stopped on March 1st, 1990.

Dukovany nuclear power plant

The Dukovany nuclear power plant has a total of four units; the energy company ČEZ expected the fifth block in Dukovany and the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Blahutovice in northern Moravia in March 2010 . It is unknown (as of April 2014) whether these plans are still up to date.

Temelín nuclear power plant

The operation of the nuclear power plant Temelin in southern Bohemia has been conducting long been tensions between the Czech Republic and Austria, as the Soviet VVER reactors (see list) are controversial in their security. The IAEA Director General Mohammed el-Baradei declared Temelín safe in 2007.

The expansion of Temelín by two more blocks was planned, but was put on hold in July 2013 for economic reasons, as the expansion would not be profitable without subsidies. ČEZ manager Cyrani demanded a feed-in tariff for the generated nuclear power, as this is the only way for the power plant to compete with other forms of generation. After this was not approved by the government, ČEZ declared the project to be over in April 2014. The two manufacturers Westinghouse , Areva and a Russian-Czech consortium had applied for construction.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ ORF : Financial affairs: Czech minister resigns
  2. ↑ Czech Republic. IAEA , accessed December 9, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Jaderná energy-na postupu. Včetně Česka. Naše situace je ovšem poněkud unikátní. Mladá fronta dnes, March 3, 2010, accessed March 27, 2010 (Czech).
  4. ↑ Nová jaderná elektrárna může stát v Blahutovicích, místním se to nelíbí. Česka televize , July 19, 2009, accessed on March 27, 2010 (Czech).
  5. ↑ We are moving towards an abyss.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Interview with Mohammed El-Baradei, Secretary General of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEAO, August 25, 2007.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.networld.at  
  6. ↑ Expansion of the Czech nuclear power plant Temelín by two more blocks planned  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.stmugv.bayern.de  
  7. ↑ Prague puts the expansion of the Temelin nuclear power plant on hold - because of electricity prices . In: industrial magazine . July 23, 2013. Accessed July 24, 2013.
  8. ^ Off for new reactors in Temelín . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . April 10, 2014. Retrieved the same day.