Temelin Nuclear Power Plant and road direction sign to the village Temelin, Czech Republic, Europe, Photo by Willy Matheisl

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Willy Matheisl, The Temelín Nuclear Power Station is located by Temelín, a village in South Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is operated by state-owned company CEZThe first plans for the power station were drafted in late 1980s, final project was submitted in 1985, construction of operating units began in 1987. After the Velvet revolution in 1989 a decision was made to build only two reactors instead of the previously planned four. Plans for four reactors have been reopened in 2005. In the 1990s, several alterations to the original design were made to raise the power station’s reliability and safety to the West-European standards. The reactor vessel contains 163 fuel assemblies, each with 313 fuel rods, and 61 regulating Vysoký Hrádek, located next to the power plant, serves as an information centre.

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