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His government now hopes to add the first of up to four new units at Dukovany, one of the country s two nuclear plants, at an estimated cost of CZK160 billion (€6.2 billion, $7.39 billion). The selection of a contractor is viewed by many as the Czech Republic s biggest geopolitical test since the fall of communism.
Suitors to build the reactor include companies from the United States, France and South Korea. However, Russia s Rosatom and China are also keen.
Babis s government has thrown these opponents a bone by ousting China, but it is weak and depends on the patronage of the Russian-linked president Milos Zeman, who is pressing Rosatom s case.