Westinghouse could build new nuclear power plant in Slovakia
Bratislava, June 17 (CTK correspondent) - Slovakia is preparing an intergovernmental agreement with the United States under which American company Westinghouse would build a 1,250-megawatt nuclear power plant in Slovakia. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told reporters today.
As recently as last year, the government in Bratislava planned to hold a tender to select the technology supplier for the planned state-owned power plant.
Slovakia already generates most of its electricity from nuclear power. The country's existing nuclear power plants are operated by Slovenské elektrárne (SE), in which the Czech businessman Daniel Křetínský's Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH) group holds a controlling stake. SE is currently working to complete the fourth unit at the Mochovce nuclear power plant.
The Czech Republic is preparing two new nuclear units at the Dukovany power plant. Under the contract that has been signed, they will be built by South Korean company KHNP, which won the tender.
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