Nuclear power in the Czech Republic
overview of nuclear power in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic operates two nuclear power plants: Temelín and Dukovany. In 2019, the government set a goal to increase the share of nuclear electricity production from 30 % to 58 %. To this end, a new reactor is to be constructed at the Dukovany site, which will replace older units by 2035. New capacity is also proposed to be added at the Temelín site. In 2025, nuclear power produced approximately 42% of the country's electricity.
History
In 1955, with Soviet support, the Government committee for research and peaceful use of nuclear power and the Institute for Nuclear Physics were created. The first director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics was Professor Čestmír Šimáně, known as the founder of Czechoslovak nuclear research.
In August 1955, the first Faculty of Technical and Nuclear Physics was created under Charles University, in preparation for the upcoming construction of first nuclear power plants in Czechoslovakia. The faculty is now part of CTU.
In 1956 a decision was made to build the first nuclear power station in Czechoslovakia, in Jaslovské Bohunice, western Slovakia. The KS 150 or A1 reactor (120 MWe) was selected because of its ability to use unenriched uranium mined in Czechoslovakia.
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