Temelín’s second block reactor begins operation

The reactor at the Temelín nuclear power plant’s second block began operation on Sunday, after a two-month shutdown. The reactor had been shut down in the beginning of May for refuelling. The power plant staff will now carry out a series of experiments at the reactor’s lowest output before it will be put to full operation again. The reactor was refuelled with 43 fuel assemblies from the U.S. Westinghouse company; one reactor at the Temelín nuclear power plant has 163 of these rods with 92 tons of fuel.