The first power unit of the Temelin NPP, which is located in the south of the Czech Republic, was stopped due to a problem with the technical water supply system. This was announced by the press secretary of the nuclear facility, Marek Svitak.
According to him, the power unit was disconnected from the national energy network due to the repair of a valve on one of the three technical water supply systems that cool the reactor. At the same time, the second power unit of the NPP is operating.
The nuclear power plant was built as part of an agreement between the USSR and Czechoslovakia, signed in 1970. Construction was repeatedly stopped due to political and economic instability in the country. Power units at the Temelin NPP were built with the participation of Russian specialists. The first two of them were put into operation in the 2000s.
There is another nuclear power plant operating in the Czech Republic - Dukovany. Its four power units were put into operation in the late eighties. The project used Soviet technologies.
Currently, the Czech Republic uses nuclear fuel from TVEL (part of Rosatom) at its nuclear facilities. However, from the autumn of 2024, the stations will switch to American nuclear fuel from Westinghouse.
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