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• CEZ requests EIA for expansion of Temelin

  Czech utility CEZ has requested that the country's Ministry of the Environment conduct an environmental impact assessment of two additional reactors at the Temelin nuclear power plant. Posted Jul 14 2008, 08:24 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Czech Republic

• Czech artists face retrial for nuclear blast stunt

  [Associated Press, 7 July] An appeals court in the Czech Republic has ordered a retrial for seven artists who hacked into a national television weather broadcast in June 2007 to show a fake nuclear explosion on the horizon of a live shot of the Czech mountains. Members of the Prague-based Ztohoven art group admitted to tampering with equipment at public broadcaster Czech Television, adding that the project aimed to demonstrate how easily reality can be manipulated by the media. However, Czech Television called the stunt "improper" and said it could have scared many people. In March, the artists were acquitted of spreading false information, but the state prosecutor appealed the verdict. An appeals court in Hradec Kralove overturned the decision last week. A date for the new trial has yet to be set. If found guilty, the artists face a maximum jail term of three years. In December, Prague's National Gallery awarded the Ztohoven group the new NG 333 prize for young artists, worth some $21,750, for the project. On its website, the group says of its stunt: "On 17 June 2007, our group invaded media and television territory, intruded and impeached its trueness as well as its credibility." Posted Jul 11 2008, 11:47 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Czech Republic

• Czech support for nuclear energy expansion

  All 24 Czech Members of the European Parliament have signed a letter in support of the further development of nuclear energy in the EU. At the same time, a CEZ official has called for the Czech utility to prepare for expansion. Posted May 21 2008, 08:47 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Czech Republic

• Rez research reactor fuel returned to Russia

  Used fuel from the research reactor at Rez, Czech Republic, has been transferred by rail to Russia for reprocessing. The project was carried out under the 2004 Russian-US government agreement on cooperation in removing Russian-made nuclear fuel from research reactors to Russia. Posted Dec 10 2007, 10:08 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Russia, Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing, Czech Republic