KHNP is a Korean company building the new nuclear units at Dukovany. It concluded the contract for their construction in June 2025 with the investor, the company Elektrárna Dukovany II. The value of the contract is put at 407 billion crowns excluding VAT.[1] The project envisages two Korean APR1000 units and the contract includes an option for two further units at Temelín.[1]

According to KHNP's construction director, the company has concluded sixteen contracts with Czech companies, including a contract with the Plzeň firm Doosan Škoda Power for the supply of a steam turbine.[1] Since signing the main contract, KHNP has also concluded a contract for design and engineering work with Kepco Engineering & Construction and contracts for the supply of the nuclear steam supply system and turbine generator with Doosan Enerbility.[2] Negotiations on nuclear fuel supplies with Kepco Nuclear Fuel and on commissioning and maintenance of the plant with Kepco KPS are continuing, and their conclusion is expected in 2027.[2]

KHNP did not conclude the contract for construction work with the consortium of Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Doosan Enerbility. It formally ended the negotiations on 29 October 2026, explaining that the parties held different positions on key conditions.[2] The company said it would begin preparing a new tender for a construction contractor and, until it is completed, intends to carry out some steps directly.[2] According to a KHNP representative quoted by the server Novinky.cz, a new partner is to be selected by July 2027, preparatory work at the site is to begin in January 2028 and the main construction in November 2029. The first reactor is to enter trial operation in 2036.[1] Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček (ANO) said that, according to information from the Korean minister, the schedule is not at risk.[3]

Chronology

  • — The Korean company KHNP ended without agreement its negotiations with the consortium of Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Doosan Enerbility on the construction contract for the new nuclear units at Dukovany. → Novinky.cz ČTK / České noviny

Sources

  1. Novinky.cz — 29 October 2026
  2. ČTK / České noviny — 29 October 2026
  3. ČTK / České noviny — 29 October 2026