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ÚJV Řež announces the merger of two of its subsidiaries and significant entities in Czech energy research: the Research and Testing Institute Plzeň (VZÚ Plzeň) and the Research Centre Řež (CVŘ). This strategic move stems from a longstanding effort to concentrate the expertise and technological capabilities of the ÚJV Group, respond to increasing demands in the energy, industrial…
Under a contract signed between KHNP and ÚJV Řež, ENERGOPROJEKT Praha (part of the UJV Group) will support the permitting and licensing processes. The agreement represents a significant step in the preparation of the New Nuclear Source at Dukovany (NJZ EDU) and confirms the strategic partnership between the Czech and Korean industries.
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.
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.
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…
After four productive years, the international APAL project (Advanced PTS Analysis for LTO – Advanced Pressure-Temperature Shock Analyses to Ensure the Safe Long-Term Operation of Nuclear Units), funded by the EU, has come to an end. The project, coordinated by ÚJV Řež through Vladislav Pištora from the Division of Integrity and Technical Engineering, culminated in a three-day final…
At the EPRI NDE TechWeek 2024 Conference in the USA, our colleague Daniel Dopjera presented the possibilities offered by MVM1, a specialised software for creating virtual test specimens. This method of generating artificial weld defects in industrial operations offers significant benefits for power plant operators and for the training of personnel responsible for inspecting weld…
