Overview

• On June 4 the Czech Supreme Administrative Court lifted an EDF-imposed injunction blocking the Dukovany reactor contract.
• The 407 billion koruna ($18.7 billion) agreement between state-controlled EDU II and South Korea’s KHNP covers two 1,063-megawatt reactors.
• Construction is slated to begin in 2029, with trial operation of the first reactor in 2036 followed by the second in 2038.
• EDF pursued legal challenges in Brno’s courts before lodging a complaint with the European Commission alleging that KHNP received unlawful state subsidies.
• The project advances Prague’s plan to raise nuclear power’s share from 40 percent to 50 percent by 2050, phasing out coal by 2033.