Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico announced an agreement with the United States to build an additional nuclear reactor in Slovakia.
The Associated Press (AP) quoted Fico as saying in a speech at an annual nuclear conference in the Slovakian capital, Bratislava, that the new reactor will be built at the existing nuclear plant in Jaslovské Bohonice in western Slovakia, and will have an output of over 1,000 megawatts and be fully owned by the state.
In May 2024, the Slovak government approved a plan to build a 1,200-megawatt nuclear reactor at the site where the dominant utility Slovenské Elektrárně (Slovak power plants) currently operates two nuclear units, at an estimated cost of approximately €15 billion.
Slovakia heavily relies on nuclear energy and currently generates over 80% of its electricity at two nuclear plants.
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