Czechia plans to get involved in Rolls-Royce's small modular reactor program.
Czechia now has two large nuclear power stations: Temelín in South Bohemia and Dukovany in the Vysočina Region. Both are operated by the ČEZ energy company, in which the Czech state is the majority shareholder, and together they produce more than a third of the country's electricity needs. Now, the Czech government wants ČEZ to invest in small modular reactors (SMRs). Since one of the major global players in this growing field is the British Rolls-Royce company, Minister of Trade and Industry Lukáš Vlček said that he wants it to get a stake in the SMR program.
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