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Installation of a pressure vessel from SKODA JS is an important milestone in the building process of new nuclear power units of Mochovce NPP
Slovak Mochovce attracts attention of all nuclear experts, economists, but also regular current consumers. Today, the reactor concrete cavity was equipped with a bulky 250 t reactor pressure vessel. Installation of this key technological equipment for completion of the VVER 440 type nuclear reactor, which was supplied to Slovakia by the Pilsen company SKODA JS, represents an important milestone in the construction schedule of the 3rd unit of the Mochovce NPP. The major investor and coordinator is the company Slovenske elektrarne, a.s., owned by Italian group ENEL.
Realization of this project is great news for the Czech Republic and its nuclear industry, which confirms its readiness to play a decent role in a new time of the global expansion of nuclear power industry. Participation in the completion of this NPP allows SKODA JS as well as its suppliers to enhance their know-how, to increase qualifications and skills of their teams thus preparing for other major projects.
Temelin tender: Westinghouse went to restaurants
The cavalry is arrived on the Temelin tender in the Czech Republic. After the first round of bidding, three dozen companies are dropped out who have taken tender documents just to read. As predicted, in the second round only three left - the Czech-Russian consortium with the project MIR, AREVA and the alliance Westinghouse and Westinghouse.
Doubling of words in the preceding paragraph - not an corrector error. The American company Westinghouse came to tender along with his Czech daughter. A simple in its genius move will allow the Americans to ensure that, where appropriate, the localization level would be equal to 100%. The subcontractors nationality is less concern for the Czechs than that of the general contractors. Nevertheless, from 30 to 40 Czech companies have already fallen to the list of future performers in the event of victory of the Americans.
AREVA Group waiting for change. In Paris, a report is about to be prepared by the Roussely commission with considerations on how to reorganize the French nuclear industry.
Qualification documents for the project of completion of Temelin NPP, 3&4, are submitted to the Czech Customer CEZ
Czech machine builders preserved nuclear potential
Work upon the nuclear program at Skoda enterprises started in 1956 - nearly 100 years after Skoda company foundation. In 1974 Czech factories joined in with VVER reactors equipment producing.
1980 and 1989 were important years for the Skoda nuclear sector when first VVER-440 and VVER-1000 reactors, correspondingly, were built there. From 1993 nuclear division was privatized and reorganized into Skoda-JS s.r.o. - company that became a subsidiary of Skoda industrial holding. Beginning from 1999 Skoda-JS is a stock company.
2004 is a new stage in Czech nuclear machine building industry development. Russian company OMZ became an owner of Skoda-JS. Today Skoda-JS considers itself to be the leader in the sphere of supplies for the nuclear industry in the Middle Europe. Personnel of the Czech company is 760 employees.
Preliminary financial performance of Skoda-JS in 2007 was rather favorable. Total proceeds made up 98,351 mln. euro including the following sectors:
