Government excludes Westinghouse from nuclear plant tender

The government has excluded the US company Westinghouse from the ongoing tender for the construction of a new unit at the Dukovany nuclear power plant. According to a statement issued by the government on Wednesday, Westinghouse did not fulfil the required tender conditions.

The government also said it was amending the ongoing tender with the remaining bidders, South Korea's KHNP and France's EDF, who will now be asked to make binding bids by mid-April for up to four new reactors in total to be built at the Dukovany and Temelín plants.

The Czech energy company CEZ will evaluate the bids and submit an evaluation report to the government for approval by the end of May.