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From 20th to 22nd January 2026, we welcomed more than a dozen experts from seven countries to ÚJV Řež for a prestigious meeting of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), focused on advances in material degradation and ageing management of components in VVER-type power plants. Specialists from the USA, Canada, China, Hungary, Finland, Ukraine and the Czech Republic met both…
Previously a division of ÚJV Řež, ENERGOPROJEKT PRAHA will become an independent trading company – a wholly owned subsidiary of ÚJV Řež as part of the ÚJV Group – starting from 1 January 2026. This strategic step is related to the significant expansion of capacities and preparation for the massive development of nuclear power in the Czech Republic, especially in connection with…
ÚJV Řež has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British company Rolls-Royce SMR to further strengthen their collaboration on the deployment of small modular reactor (SMR) technology in the Czech Republic and internationally. The agreement builds on an existing contract covering the analysis, testing and evaluation of critical components and represents a natural…
In the first week of November, we took part in preparations for further shipments of spent fuel (SF) from MNSR (Miniature Neutron Source Reactor) research reactors to China. During this event, we demonstrated the procedures for loading the irradiated core into the transport packaging (TP) to specialists and regulatory authorities from Pakistan and Syria, from where similar shipments…
We have become a Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) for the leading global radiopharmaceutical company, Curium. Early diagnosis will now be even more accessible to oncology patients in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
ÚJV Řež, in cooperation with the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences and NETWORK GROUP, has successfully completed a project that strengthens security monitoring of the reactor containment structures at the Temelín Nuclear Power Plant. ČEZ invested tens of millions of Czech crowns in this modernisation.
On Monday, 7 July, ÚJV Řež concluded a further strategic partnership with the Korean company KHNP. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Řež by Tomáš Novotný, Chief Financial Officer of ÚJV Řež, and Jan Wandrol, Director of the Integrity and Technical Engineering Division, together with Young-gon Kong, Vice President of the H2 & Smart Business Department at KHNP.
Our history began on 10 June 1955, when, following a decision of the Government Committee for Research and the Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy, construction of the Řež site was launched. From the initial tasks of fundamental research focused on reactor theory, neutron physics and radiochemistry, we have come a long way in Řež. We have moved towards providing engineering and technical…
On Wednesday, 7 May, we were visited by His Excellency Matthew Robert Field, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He was accompanied to our site in Řež by representatives of the Embassy, as well as by Alan Woods, Director of Strategy and Business at Rolls-Royce SMR.
There are several unconventional facilities at the ÚJV Řež site, but the THS-15 thermohydraulic test facility is unique worldwide. This experimental installation, simulating the full-scale dimensions of a reactor pressure vessel, was designed and manufactured in Řež to verify procedures for ensuring reactor vessel integrity in the event of hypothetical severe accidents involving…
