Czech gov’t Temelín point man: build new nuclear plants on old army sites

Gov’t-commissioned report proposes building nuclear plants in decommissioned military training areas to facilitate the process

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Tom Jones | 19.01.2012

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From war games to peaceful atomic energy? The government's ex-energy envoy, Václav Bartuška, says the proposal to build a nuclear plant on the site of a military area is unlikely to be implemented, but with a strong pro-nuclear lobby in the Czech Republic it could gain strong support once current nuclear expansion projects (i.e. at Temelín) are completed

In addition to building two new reactors at the Temelín nuclear power plant, the Czech government is contemplating proposals to make nuclear power the source of up to 80 percent of the country’s energy. Such a strategy would require building more nuclear plants and a report reviewed by the government on Wednesday says military training grounds are the most-suitable potential sites.

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