Czech SMR siting: ČEZ submits environmental impact assessment for Temelín Rolls-Royce SMR
From the Energy digest for 2026-10-13
What happened: Per World Nuclear News on October 13 (published ~6:58 AM ET), ČEZ has submitted Environmental Impact Assessment documentation to the Czech Ministry of the Environment for its Rolls-Royce SMR small modular reactor project at Temelín.
What's genuinely new: This is a debut on the record: no Czech or Rolls-Royce SMR siting thread exists in the storylines memory. The nearest tracked hook is the ecosystem note in the Clinch River storyline — Škoda JS as sole CRDM supplier for the Rolls-Royce SMR — which makes the Czech EIA the first on-record permitting step for that same design in Central Europe, but the item itself is unclustered.
Watch: The Czech regulator's assessment timeline, whether UK-side Rolls-Royce SMR permitting progress lands in the same window set, and any Temelín-area stakeholder response.
Links: World Nuclear News