Czech Republic / Government Sees Potential Of SMRs For Clean Hydrogen And Heat

New-generation reactors could be deployed at existing coal sites
Government Sees Potential Of SMRs For Clean Hydrogen And Heat
The existing Temelin site in the south has been selected for the potential deployment of an SMR in the early 2030s. Image courtesy CEZ.
The Czech government sees small modular reactors (SMRs) as potentially useful in an emerging hydrogen market and as a source of heat for centralised district heating systems, according to Jozef Sikela, the country’s minister for industry and trade.

Mr Sikela told a conference on nuclear and hydrogen in Prague that the Czech government has started working on an SMR roadmap due in April 2023.

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