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27. 9. 2006

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Information on NPP Temelín 190/2006

Unit 1 is in operation on planned power level. At Unit 2, the planned outage is continued that is connected with the yearly replacement of ¼ of the reactor fuel.

September 27, 2006

An inspection has been performed on the fuel assemblies brought out of the reactor core. It has shown that there were several leaking rods in five fuel assemblies that should be further used in the reactor core. Two fuel assemblies have been repaired. The fuel supplier Westinghouse company failed to repair the other three assemblies so that their repair could be accepted in the compliance with the relevant procedures of the operator – the ČEZ company. These three fuel assemblies will be replaced by other suitable ones for the following campaign. This solution is now being verified by necessary computations and safety assessment that will be also submitted to the State Office for Nuclear Safety. To these facts relates a series of detailed checks and all other activities to the unit operation resumption.
All auxiliary systems are working in accordance with the operation needs of individual units.

Information on parameters at Unit 1 today on September 27, 2006 at 08:00 o‘clock:
· Unit is in Mode 1 - power operation
· Reactor power is 96 %
· Turbine generator output - 976 MWe
· Electricity production since the beginning of the year: 4 360 876 MWh

Information on parameters at Unit 2 today on September 27, 2006 at 08:00 o‘clock:
· Unit is in Mode 6
· Reactor power is 0 %
· Turbine generator output - 0 MWe
· Electricity production since the beginning of the year: 4 609 632 MWh

Milan Nebesář
Spokesman of the Temelín NPP