The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether public support that the Czech Republic plans to grant for the construction and operation of two new nuclear units in Dukovany is in line with European Union state aid rules.
In April 2024 the commission approved aid for the construction and operation of a single new nuclear reactor at Dukovany, which is the site of an existing nuclear power station with four operating reactor units.
However, the Czech government subsequently decided to extend the investment in nuclear capacities to speed up the decarbonisation of the electricity sector and address an identified gap in electricity supply.
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