Czechia’s competition authority (UOHS) has rejected appeals by the French energy group EDF for the construction of two nuclear power units in Czechia. This decision thus clears the way for the signing of contracts with South Korea’s Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) worth at least CZK400bn (€16bn) for development of the project at CEZ's Dukovany nuclear power plant, located in southern Czechia.
In October 2024, UOHS had put a temporary block on the conclusion of a contract with KHNP, following challenges raised in September 2024 by the US’ Westinghouse and France’s EDF for the construction of the units. KHNP was originally chosen to deliver its APR1000 reactor, rated 1,055 MWe, in July 2024. The first reactor is still expected for completion by 2036.
Czechia aims to rise the share of nuclear power from 35% in 2013 to between 46% to 58% by 2040 (40% in 2023). The country gets electricity from the four VVER-440 units at Dukovany, which began operating between 1985 and 1987, and the two VVER-1000 units in operation at Temelín, which came into operation in 2000 and 2002.
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