Plans for the construction of small nuclear reactors are progressing in the Czech Republic. Representatives of the partly state-owned energy group CEZ and the British company Rolls-Royce SMR have now signed contracts on the preparations for the development and construction of the new mini-nuclear power plants. An initial test project is to be built at the Temelin site, just 60 kilometers from the border with Bavaria.
Discussion in Germany
The new technology is also being discussed in Germany. Bavaria's Minister President Markus Söder recently brought his state into play for a pilot project. However, the issue of nuclear power is controversial within the German government, which is made up of the CDU/CSU and SPD. Germany withdrew from the use of nuclear energy in mid-April 2023.
