Eyeing an 8 Tril. Won Project in Czech Republic
The government of the Czech Republic recently sent a letter to South Korea, the United States, Russia, China and France, saying it will launch a nuclear power plant construction project late this year. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) is going to form a consortium with KEPCO E&C, KEPCO Nuclear Fuel, Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction and Daewoo Engineering & Construction to win the contract.
The eight trillion won project is to build a 1,000 MW to 1,200 MW nuclear power plant in Dukovany. KHNP is planning to highlight its successful construction of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the UAE. South Korea won the contract on an EPC turnkey basis in 2009 and the plant is about to be input into commercial operation. The upcoming project in Dukovany is an EPC turnkey project, too. The bidding guide for the project is scheduled to be issued late this year.
KHNP is preparing to enter the nuclear power plant operation and maintenance market of Rumania, too. Also, it is working on a nuclear power plant construction project in El Dabaa, Egypt. In Rumania, Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 are currently in commercial operation and a large-scale facility improvement project is underway for Unit 1. There, bidding is scheduled for the second half of this year with regard to tritium removal facilities, and KHNP recently formed a group for the bidding with domestic partners. At the same time, KHNP is having talks with Russia in order to take part in its project in El Dabaa.