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Temelín Nuclear Power Station

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Temelín nuclear plant in winter

Temelín Nuclear Power Station is located near Temelín, a village in the Czech Republic. It is operated by the state-owned company ČEZ with 1,000 employees. The adjacent castle Vysoký Hrádek serves as an information centre.

History

Cooling towers

First plans for a power station were drafted in the late 1980s, the final project was submitted in 1985 and 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 in 2002.[1]

In the 1990s several alterations to the original design were made by Westinghouse to bring the power station's reliability and safety levels to Western European standards.

In September and October 2000 anti-nuclear Austrian protesters demonstrated against the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant and at one stage temporarily blocked all 26 border crossings between Austria and the Czech Republic.[2][3]

Technical data

Model of the plant at the information center. The light green area was originally intended for four more cooling towers.
Station Reactor type Net capacity Initial criticality Grid date Exp. shutdown
Temelín 1 VVER 1000/320 980 MWe Dec 2000 Jun 2002 2042
Temelín 2 VVER 1000/320 1020  We Dec 2002 Apr 2003 2043

The plant has four cooling towers with a height of 150 metres (490 ft). The diameter of each amounts to 130 metres (430 ft), the external wall has a surface of 44,000 square metres (470,000 sq ft).

The reactor vessel contains 163 fuel assemblies, each with 313 fuel rods. There are 61 control rods.

New reactors

Plans to build all four original reactors were reopened in 2005. In 2006 plant extension was again 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 for two additional reactors.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ekolist
  2. ^ Anti-nuclear protest on Czech border
  3. ^ Austrian anti-nuclear protests continue
  4. ^ "CEZ requests EIA for expansion of Temelin". World Nuclear News. 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2008-08-09.

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