Temelín Nuclear Power Station

Temelín Nuclear Power Station

Infobox NPP
Picture = Temelin-Nuclear Power Station.jpg
Country = Czech Republic
Utility = ČEZ, a. s.
Built = 1981
Start = June 10, 2002
End =
Reactor = 2
Reactor_MW = 1,805
S_Reactor =
El_Prod = 11,377
for_year = 2006
El_Prod_avg = 8,884
Net_Prod = 51,518
WEBSITE =
as_of = July 22, 2007

The Temelín Nuclear Power Station is located by Temelín, a village in
South Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is operated by state-owned company ČEZ and employs around 1000 full time workers. Castle Vysoký Hrádek, located next to the power plant, serves as an information centre.

History

The first plans for the power station were drafted in late 1980s, final project was submitted in 1985, construction of operating units began in 1987. After the Velvet revolution in 1989 a decision was made to build only two reactors instead of the previously planned four. The first reactor was commissioned in 2000 and the second one in 2002. [ [http://ekolist.cz/nazor.shtml?x=238126 Ekolist] ]

In the 1990s, several alterations to the original design were made to raise the power station's reliability and safety to the West-European standards.

Technical data

The plant has four cooling towers with a height of convert|150|m|ft|-1. The diameter of each amounts to convert|130|m|ft|-1, the external wall has a surface of convert|44000|m2|sqft.

The reactor vessel contains 163 fuel assemblies, each with 313 fuel rods, and 61 regulating rods.

New reactors

Plans to build all four original reactors have been reopened in 2005. In 2006, the plans for nuclear expansion had suspended because a new coalition government agreed not to promote nuclear energy. However, in July 2008 ČEZ requested the Ministry of the Environment conduct an environmental impact assessment (of two additional reactors.cite news
url= http://www.world-nuclear-news.com/NN-CEZ_requests_EIA_for_expansion_of_Temelin-1407084.html
title= CEZ requests EIA for expansion of Temelin
publisher= World Nuclear News
date=2008-07-14
accessdate=2008-08-09]

ee also

* Dukovany Nuclear Power Station - another nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic

References

External links

* [http://www.cez.cz/presentation/eng/instance_view.jsp?instance_id=76699 Official info on website of ČEZ]
* [http://www.prague360.com/fs.html?loc=locations/landmark-life/temelin-nuclear-power-plant.p36 360 Panorama of Temelin Nuclear Power Plant]


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