Add to ORKGThe thesis deals with role of nuclear power in the Czech Republic. It analyses the contemporary condition of Czech power plant engineering and predicts its evolution up to the year 2020. It compares possible ways of development and evaluates its viability, political and energy safety and the impact on our environment. The life-prolongation of nuclear power plants and the potential construction of new facilities is taken into consideration. It shows the history of the nuclear power plant engineering in former Czechoslovakia and the problem of nuclear waste is mentioned too. Thesis provides a complex overview of the given topic and emphasizes the subsequent development of the nuclear power plant engineering as the essential part of the power ...