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• Czech enrichment contract for Areva

  Czech utility CEZ has signed a 15-year contract for uranium enrichment services with Areva for its two Temelin reactors. Posted Nov 17 2009, 10:49 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, Uranium, Czech Republic, fuel, enrichment, cooperation, CEZ, temelin

• Bids in for new nuclear at Temelin

  The end of October was the deadline for vendors to submit bids to build two new reactors in the Czech Republic. AtomStoyExport's bid was based on what it calls the MIR-1200 design. Posted Nov 02 2009, 11:53 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Czech Republic, Reactors, construction, designs, temelin, mir-1200

• Austrian courts cannot shut Temelin

  An Austrian legal challenge to the operation of the Czech Republic's Temelin nuclear power plant has ended with a ruling that courts have no authority over another member state. Posted Oct 27 2009, 12:27 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Czech Republic, shut down, nuclear, power energy, temelin, austria, states

• Temelin to use only Russian fuel from 2010

  [Reuters, 20 October] Czech utility CEZ will immediately switch to nuclear fuel supplied by TVEL of Russia for its two-unit Temelin nuclear power plant in 2010, instead of phasing in its use as previously planned, according to CEZ spokeswoman Eva Novakova. As a result, CEZ will lose money on the unused fuel that it has already bought from Westinghouse, which was originally contracted to supply fuel for the two VVER-1000 reactors. In May 2006, CEZ awarded TVEL a ten-year contract for the supply of fuel for the units. CEZ said that the Russian fuel would boost the output of the reactor, making it more cost efficient. "The unused fuel will certainly be a loss, but on the other hand it will be compensated by being able to increase the output of the reactor," according to Novakova. CEZ had considered using both types of fuel temporarily at Temelin but decided that option would be far more complicated than simply not using the Westinghouse fuel. Posted Oct 20 2009, 11:01 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Russia, Czech Republic, TVEL, fuel, reactor, CEZ, nuclear, power, supply, vver-1000

• Joint venture for new Slovak nuclear plant

  A shareholder agreement for a joint venture to construct a new nuclear power plant at the Bohunice site in Slovakia has been signed by Czech utility CEZ and Slovakian state-owned nuclear and decommissioning company Javys. Posted May 29 2009, 10:12 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Czech Republic, new nclear plants, CEZ

• First fusion for travelling reactor

  A fusion reactor dismantled in the UK and reassembled in the Czech Republic celebrated its first plasma late last year. The $32 million device was handed over for a symbolic £1. Posted Jan 28 2009, 11:05 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: UK, Czech Republic

• CEZ requests EIA for expansion of Temelin

  Czech utility CEZ has requested that the country's Ministry of the Environment conduct an environmental impact assessment of two additional reactors at the Temelin nuclear power plant. Posted Jul 14 2008, 08:24 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Czech Republic

• Czech artists face retrial for nuclear blast stunt

  [Associated Press, 7 July] An appeals court in the Czech Republic has ordered a retrial for seven artists who hacked into a national television weather broadcast in June 2007 to show a fake nuclear explosion on the horizon of a live shot of the Czech mountains. Members of the Prague-based Ztohoven art group admitted to tampering with equipment at public broadcaster Czech Television, adding that the project aimed to demonstrate how easily reality can be manipulated by the media. However, Czech Television called the stunt "improper" and said it could have scared many people. In March, the artists were acquitted of spreading false information, but the state prosecutor appealed the verdict. An appeals court in Hradec Kralove overturned the decision last week. A date for the new trial has yet to be set. If found guilty, the artists face a maximum jail term of three years. In December, Prague's National Gallery awarded the Ztohoven group the new NG 333 prize for young artists, worth some $21,750, for the project. On its website, the group says of its stunt: "On 17 June 2007, our group invaded media and television territory, intruded and impeached its trueness as well as its credibility." Posted Jul 11 2008, 11:47 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Czech Republic

• Czech support for nuclear energy expansion

  All 24 Czech Members of the European Parliament have signed a letter in support of the further development of nuclear energy in the EU. At the same time, a CEZ official has called for the Czech utility to prepare for expansion. Posted May 21 2008, 08:47 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Czech Republic

• Rez research reactor fuel returned to Russia

  Used fuel from the research reactor at Rez, Czech Republic, has been transferred by rail to Russia for reprocessing. The project was carried out under the 2004 Russian-US government agreement on cooperation in removing Russian-made nuclear fuel from research reactors to Russia. Posted Dec 10 2007, 10:08 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Russia, Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing, Czech Republic