PRAGUE: The Czech Republic will have to build new nuclear power plants to replace ageing coal and nuclear capacity even if they are in breach of European law, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Wednesday. The EU nation generates more than a third of its electricity from nuclear energy and Babis has advocated nuclear power as a low-carbon alternative to coal, which now produces about 50 per cent of power. The government’s preferred option is for CEZ to first build one reactor at the existing Dukovany nuclear plant to replace reactors due to be shut down after 2035. A second reactor at the other Czech nuclear plant, Temelin, could follow. CEZ has said it plans to phase out its coal-fired power plants by 2040 when only its newest lignite power station would remain operational.

Source: Pakistan Today October 16, 2019 12:45 UTC