Czech Republic to Enlarge Nuclear Energy Production

Politics ♦ Published: November 9, 2012; 17:58 ♦ (Vindobona)

Until 2014, the Czech Republic wants to double the share of nuclear energy production. The Temelin and Dukovany nuclear power plants will be enlarged.

Czech Republic to Enlarge Nuclear Energy Production / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Conversely, the energy production in the coal energy segment will decrease, the Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas explained.

At the moment, the nuclear energy sector comes at 30% of the Czech energy production. The share should increase up to 55% by 2040. In Temelin, two further reactors are planned. Moreover, the nuclear power plant in Dukovany will get a fifth…