ČEZ: Three bidders to expand Dukovany nuclear power plant agree to security check

The three companies invited to take part in a tender to build new blocks at the Dukovany nuclear power plant have agreed to undergo a security check, the Czech utility ČEZ announced on Friday.

The companies are EdF of France, KHNP of South Korea and Westinghouse of the US. ČEZ had said in June that prospective bidders should present the relevant security documentation by the end of November.

CNG of China and Rosatom of Russia and were excluded from the process, the latter due to evidence suggesting Russian military intelligence were behind a 2014 munitions storage site explosion on Czech territory.