Representatives of the international consortium comprising ŠKODA JS a.s., Atomstroyexport JSC and ÎŔÎ EDO GIDROPRESS received in Prague the requirements of the Chech power company (CEZ) to the development of the complete tender bid for the construction of Units 3&4 of Temelin NPP.

The Consortium offers a European NPP project – MIR-1200 on the basis of the technologies of light-water reactors of the WWER type. The experience of successful operation of NPP with WWER reactors exceeds as of today 1400 reactor-years. Nuclear power plants with reactors of the WWER type built in Czechia, Slovakia, Finland, Hungary and other European countries are safe and economically efficient.

The MIR-1200 project conforms to the Customer’s requirements; it possesses process, main equipment and fuel referentiality. It conforms to international norms and IAEA recommendations; it is noted by superior safety parameters and engineering and economic indices. Similar NPP power units on the sites of Leningradskaya NPP-2 and Novovoronezh NPP-2 and Baltiyskaya NPP are already being constructed in Russia. At present negotiations are held on the construction of four power units in Turkey, the project is also offered for realization in Finland.

MIR or Modernized International Reactor is simultaneously an NPP project and a cooperation model. It is based on a long-term partnership of the Czech, European and world companies. The tender bid of the Consortium especially emphasizes localization in Czechia of up to 70% of the supply of the equipment, works and services. Even at this stage of qualification selection the Czech-Russian Consortium has enlisted more than 20 major Czech and European companies.

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On August 3, 2009 CEZ announced a bid for the construction of Units 3&4 on the Temelin NPP site with the possible option of three more units in the countries of Europe.

On October 14, 2009 an agreement between three companies - ŠKODA JS a.s., Atomstroyexport JSC and EDO GIDROPRESS JSC – on the creation of a joint international consortium was signed.

On November 20, 2009 in Prague a Memorandum of Understanding between Atomstroyexport JSC (JSC ŔSE), Czech and Slovak companies working in the field of construction of nuclear power plants of Russian design with WWER reactors in the territory of Czechia, Russia and third countries, was signed.  The text of the Memorandum says, particularly, that: «JSC Atomstroyexport intends to apply to Czech and Slovak companies  with requests for supply of equipment or services for new NPP construction projects both in the territory of Russia, and in the territory of third countries anticipating a competitive bid from these companies.»