South Korea and the Czech Republic have reaffirmed their commitment to signing an $18bn (€16bn) nuclear power plant construction deal, despite a court ruling that temporarily delayed the contract signing.
According to press reports, at a cabinet meeting on 7 May the Czech government said Elektrarna Dukovany II, a subsidiary of Czech state utility ČEZ, would proceed with the contract to build two nuclear reactors with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) at the “earliest possible timing”.
The two new large-scale APR1000 plants, supplied by KHNP, will be built at the existing Dukovany nuclear power station site in the Czech Republic.
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