International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

The Czech Republic is a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has signed and ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

There are six reactors operating in the Czech Republic, four VVER 440-213 units at Dukovany and two VVER 1000s at Temelin. The first unit was connected to the grid in 1985 and the most recent in 2002.

The 2004 state energy policy envisages building two or more large reactors, probably at Temelin, eventually to replace Dukovany after 2020. Plans announced in June 2006 envisage one 1500 MWe unit at Temelin after 2020, and a second to follow.

Read the profile on the Czech Republic from the Model Nuclear Inventory (pdf), produced by the Reaching Critical Will project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.