ČEZ cuts shortlist for suppliers of first small modular reactor

Czech power giant ČEZ has narrowed down its shortlist of bidders to supply the country’s first small modular reactor. While seven would-be suppliers were under consideration, that number has been cut to four, the company said on Tuesday.

The semi-state ČEZ aims to have Czechia’s first small modular reactor at the Temelín power station in South Bohemia by the middle of the 2030s. The government wishes to build between six and 10 such facilities by 2050.

Small modular reactors are a type of small and advanced nuclear fission reactor.