The Czech Government has selected the South Korean company Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) to build two new units at CEZ's Dukovany nuclear power plant, located in southern Czechia. KHNP was chosen over its rival French bidder EDF. The French utility was proposing its EPR1200 reactor, while KHNP proposed its APR1000 reactor, rated 1,055 MWe.
The Czech government compared the two bids on a range of criteria, including price per megawatt-hour produced; if two units were contracted, the KHNP bid was for a cost of around CZK200bn per unit (US$8.6bn). Under the plans, KHNP will also have the possibility to develop additional units in Czechia, as the tender offered up to four units.
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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