Czech state offers to pay 70% of Dukovany unit cost : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News

Czech state offers to pay 70% of Dukovany unit cost : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News: Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš told reporters in Prague yesterday that the government will provide a loan to ČEZ to cover 70% of the cost of building a new unit at the Dukovany nuclear power plant, with the majority state-owned utility funding the remaining 30%. The project cost is estimated to be about EUR6.0 billion (USD6.7 billion), ČEZ CEO Daniel Beneš told the ČTK news agency, following the press conference.