President Yoon Suk Yeol greets attendees after delivering a congratulatory tackle on the ceremony celebrating the completion of Shin-Hanul 1 and a couple of items and the groundbreaking for 3 and 4 items, at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Energy’s Hanul Nuclear Energy Plant in Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province, on Wednesday. (Yonhap)
The presidential workplace mentioned Thursday {that a} South Korean nuclear energy plant undertaking within the Czech Republic will proceed as deliberate regardless of a brief maintain positioned by the Czech antitrust physique.
On Wednesday, information stories mentioned the Czech Workplace for the Safety of Competitors had imposed the maintain in response to appeals filed by U.S. nuclear vitality agency Westinghouse Electrical Co. and French vitality firm Electricite de France.
The information got here as a South Korean consortium, led by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Energy, has been searching for to finalize a contract to construct two nuclear reactors within the Czech Republic by March after being chosen as the popular bidder in July.
“A short lived maintain is a brief phenomenon that takes place in response to procedures following the appeals of rivals that misplaced within the bidding course of,” Park Sang-ook, senior presidential secretary for science and know-how, mentioned in an interview with broadcaster YTN.
“There aren’t any issues with the proceedings for the precise ultimate contract,” he added.
Czech Minister of Business and Commerce Lukas Vlcek instructed Czech media outlet Echo 24 on Wednesday (native time) that the maintain is a typical step in response to a competitor’s objection and the federal government expects it is not going to have an effect on the present tender schedule. (Yonhap)
