Czech Temelín to extend both unit outages by a total of 50 days in 2017

Temelín Nuclear Power Plant this week extended its planned outages for 2017. The individual units at the newer of the Czech Republic’s two nuclear power plants will be shut down for 24 and 26 days longer, respectively, than originally planned. The reason is a broader scope of inspections and coordination with outages at Dukovany. According to the Temelín spokesperson, the longer outages in 2017 should be offset by shorter outages in subsequent years.

This is already the second extension of outages at Temelín this week. Following the extension of the ongoing outage at unit 2, the dates for 2017 were also revised at the beginning of this week:

In total, the extension of outages at both units will amount to 50 days and, in terms of electricity generation, approximately 1,2 TWh.