20. 8. 2007

Information on NPP Temelín 162 / 2007

At Unit 1, a planned outage is under way, that is connected with the annual refueling of ¼ of the reactor fuel. Unit 2 is in operation at planned power level. All auxiliary systems are working in accordance with the operation needs of individual units.

The last of 163 fuel assemblies has been discharged from the Unit 1 reactor today at 5:45 a.m. Currently, additional planned inspections of the fuel assemblies and of the equipment in the reactor hall are under way in accordance with the schedule. After their completion, the operations personnel will start to charge the reactor core with 49 new modernized fuel assemblies that will be supplemented by fuel assemblies used in the preceding campaigns. After the termination of the current outage, 91 modernized fuel assemblies will work in the Unit 1 reactor.

Information on parameters at Unit 1 today on August 20, 2007 at 9:30 o‘clock:
· Unit is in Mode 6
· Reactor power is 0 %
· Turbine generator output - 0 MWe
· Electricity production since the beginning of the year: 2 964 775 MWh

Information on parameters at Unit 2 today on August 20, 2007 at 9:30 o‘clock:
· Unit is in Mode 1 - power operation
· Reactor power is 100 %
· Turbine generator output - 1008 MWe
· Electricity production since the beginning of the year: 3 884 106 MWh

Václav Brom
Spokesman of the ČEZ Group Nuclear Power Plant Temelín