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This morning the Temelín Unit 2 started generating electricity again. Operators have connected it to the transmission system after replacing part of the fuel assemblies. In terms of the scope of the work and the inspections carried out, it was the largest outage in the history of the plant. In total, they managed 21,000 activities during the shutdown, including 74 investment actions. Power engineers also checked the safety systems, the turbine an its generator. Together with the Dukovany power plant, all six nuclear units are currently in operation.
Inspections of safety systems and of the turbine, 74 investment actions or replacement of part of fuel assemblies. These are just examples of the most important works to be performed during the Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 planned outage. The utility will disconnect the unit from the transmission system tomorrow evening. In total, CEZ plans to do almost nineteen thousand activities, for which it has preliminarily planned two months.
Elektrárna Dukovany II (EDU II), a wholly owned subsidiary of ČEZ, submitted its evaluation report to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT), evaluating bids for the construction of a new nuclear unit at Dukovany. In the report, it recommended the ranking, proposing its preferred supplier of a new nuclear unit or units. The Government of the Czech Republic will now issue its statement as to with whom ČEZ will negotiate the final form of the contracts.
Yesterday in the evening, the Unit 1 of Temelín NPP started to produce electricity again. Operators have connected it to the transmission system after replacing a quarter of the fuel assemblies. Power engineers also checked the safety systems the turbine an its generator. In total, they managed almost twenty thousand activities during the shutdown, including 66 investment actions. Together with the Dukovany power plant, all six nuclear units are currently in operation. The Unit 2 of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant is now planned to be shut down for the inspection and refueling.