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ČEZ starts process to extend the lifetime of the Temeln nuclear reactors operation to 80 years
ČEZ starts process to extend Temelín operation to 80 yearsExcerpts:
The two units at the Czech Republic's Temelín Nuclear Power Plant will operate to 2080 and 2082 respectively, under plans to extend their operating lives to 80 years...
Half a century from now, every wind turbine and every solar cell now on this planet will have been landfill for more than 25 years.
...Significant investment and modernisation work will be required to enable the longer-than-originally planned operation of the two VVER-1000 units, whose capacity has increased from 1,000 MWe per unit to 1,086 MWe as a result of upgrade works already carried out.
ČEZ, which is 70% state-owned, says that the future work required will include "planned replacement of turbogenerators, modernization of the control and management system, construction of a new hall for the maintenance of large technological units, and replacement of cooling water pipes"...
...In April ČEZ announced that it had begun the process of extending Dukovany's life to 80 years. ČEZ currently operates four VVER-440 units at Dukovany, which date back to between 1985 and 1987. Their output has gradually been increased from the original 440 MWe to 512 MWe through extensive modernisations. Ongoing modernisation work aims to ensure the units can operate for at least 60 years, to 2045-2047.
The Czech Republic currently gets about one-third of its electricity from nuclear generation and in addition to maintaining, upgrading and extending its existing units, the country has plans for new gigawatt units, initially at Dukovany, and also for up to 3 GW of small modular reactor capacity.
ČEZ, which is 70% state-owned, says that the future work required will include "planned replacement of turbogenerators, modernization of the control and management system, construction of a new hall for the maintenance of large technological units, and replacement of cooling water pipes"...
...In April ČEZ announced that it had begun the process of extending Dukovany's life to 80 years. ČEZ currently operates four VVER-440 units at Dukovany, which date back to between 1985 and 1987. Their output has gradually been increased from the original 440 MWe to 512 MWe through extensive modernisations. Ongoing modernisation work aims to ensure the units can operate for at least 60 years, to 2045-2047.
The Czech Republic currently gets about one-third of its electricity from nuclear generation and in addition to maintaining, upgrading and extending its existing units, the country has plans for new gigawatt units, initially at Dukovany, and also for up to 3 GW of small modular reactor capacity.