Overview

• Elektrarna Dukovany II (EDU II) has filed an appeal with the Czech Supreme Administrative Court to lift a regional court injunction halting the signing of the nuclear power plant contract with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP).
• The Brno Regional Court issued the injunction on May 6, 2025, following a legal challenge by French energy company EDF, which lost the tender to KHNP in 2024.
• The $18.6 billion project involves constructing two 1,063-megawatt reactors at the Dukovany nuclear power plant, 170 kilometers southeast of Prague, as part of the Czech Republic's coal phase-out by 2033.
• The contract signing, initially scheduled for May 7, 2025, was postponed due to the injunction, delaying South Korea's first overseas nuclear deal since the Barakah project in 2009.
• The Supreme Administrative Court's decision will determine whether the project can proceed, with significant implications for energy security, decarbonization, and international energy partnerships.