Mochovce NPP Units 3 and 4

Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant is located in the southern region of the Slovak Republic (Nitra County), between Levice and Nitra, 100 km from the capital Bratislava.

When grounding works launched at Mochovce site in 1981 as a preparation for the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant construction (EMO), ste-by-step completion of all four planned reactor units was reckoned. In early 90s, when the construction faced lack of funding for EMO construction, it was clear that the completion will split in two stages. In the first stage, all efforts focused on completion of the Units 1 and 2, whci were commissioned in 1998 a 2000.

Construction works on the Units 3 and 4 have been halted in 1992, and since that time the attention was paid to implementation of preservation and protection works on components so that they be immediately ready for further works in case a decision was taken about the completion.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Riskaudit the project of the Mochovce NPP Units 1&2 has been assessed as the one with safety level comparable with Western Europe standards. Therefore it has been selected as the „referential one for the completion of the Units 3&4, too.
The final decision has been long-awaited. Progress has come up just after privatisation of SE, a.s. by the Italian utility Enel. The Units 3&4 would ensure long-term energy independence for Slovakia.

Completion of the Mochovce NPP Units 3&4 - according to the Least-cost study developed by SE, a.s. is economically the most beneficial option of ensuring electricity supplies to cover the demand in Slovakia in the future. The Project is at the same time environment-friendly, because no greenhouse gas emissions currently the major concern of mankind are produced in the process of uranium nuclei fission.

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