The Czech government is looking to accelerate the pace at which it is adding nuclear energy to its grid. Officials announced yesterday that it plans to build up to four nuclear reactors—instead of one—as the country tries to become more energy independent and shift away from fossil fuels.
A closer look: The government is looking for amended bids for the anticipated power plants. They previously accepted three bids—from Westinghouse, France’s Électricité de France, and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power—for a single new reactor at the Dukovany nuclear power station that is expected to be operational by 2036.
Now, Czech officials want to build four reactors in quick succession, which should save up to 25 percent per reactor overall. The government is seeking new bids from both EDF and KHNP but said Westinghouse’s bid did not meet the qualifications of the project.
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Go Czechia go! They’re moving forward while Germany continues to slide back into the dark ages.
Germany is already generating more than half its electricity from renewable sources. We’ll be close to 100% before any of these white elephants ever even produce a single watt.
And the rest of the energy generation is either coal, hard coal or gas. Modern nuclear energy is safe, reliable, and clean - the fact that Germany shuttered their nuclear capacity is baffling.
And is that modern nuclear energy in the room with us now?
The article doesn’t specify the reactor design - but yes, those reactors are commercially viable.
Sounds like an average Czech in a hospůdka after his 8th beer.
at least we’ll have energy when sun or wind are available, as opposed to having to buy energy because nucular plant shuts down or never got finished
I’m pretty sure, future generations are absolutely stoked to pay for long-term storage of the end products so current generations can have cheap energy. Because, fuck them.
That’s a solved problem for most modern reactor designs - we can remediate the waste, unlike older reactors.
cool, better than coal, but please just maintain it properly.
They won’t. Humans can’t run this kind of technology. There will always be someone who is ready to cut corners for personal gain.
I hope not, because the quickest path to transition includes nuclear. A few of them melted down, on the other hand a lot of them are still fine for decades on end.
Especially in the Czech Republic
