Temelín's second unit has been generating electricity since Monday evening after a planned outage

Energy workers at the Temelín Nuclear Power Plant connected its second unit to the transmission grid on Monday evening, and it is generating electricity following a planned outage. Plant spokesman Marek Sviták reported this today. The unit had not generated electricity for five days while technicians adjusted the steam turbine's supports in the plant's non-nuclear section.

„To carry out the work, we had to cool down the turbine, but we did not cool down the reactor and kept it in what is known as a hot state. The unit resumed electricity generation at 50 percent reactor power on Monday evening and has been operating at full power since last night,“ Sviták said.

Technicians made several minor adjustments to the settings of the low-pressure sections and bearing pedestals. The aim was to avoid possible unplanned shutdowns during subsequent operation, Sviták added.

Temelín covers roughly one-fifth of domestic electricity consumption. Since the start of the year, it has generated 5.6 terawatt-hours of electricity; it generated 14.3 terawatt-hours last year.