CZECHATOM

About Us

Czechatom has been founded in 2019 as a continuation of a process that started in 2007 – recurring fact-finding and decision making whether there is enough scientific, engineering, manufacturing, and capital capacity to make a Czech SMR. In 2018 we concluded that we have a worthwhile chance and started building team around relevant ideas we have developed over the years.

Czechatom has inhouse team of experienced nuclear specialists with the combined experience of 90 years who design the Nuclear Island and network of cooperating partners who with us work on the Plant Design and all associated tasks.

Czechatom is currently finishing conceptual design of DAVID SMR with the aim to start working on Basic Design in Summer 2023.

Management Team

Martin Groch, CEO

Daniel Seifert, CTO

Stefan Paluba, CFO

DAVID SMR

DAVID is a Czech pressurized water small modular reactor (SMR) with a thermal output of 175MW (50 MWe). The development of SMR technology promises an opportunity to increase energetic security of the Czech Republic. A rapid change in the energy mix is accompanied by a need to rapidly find a specific technical solution for new energy sources. Therefore DAVID SMR based on the proven PWR technology, utilizing concepts well known by Czech nuclear experts.

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Key Partners

FNSPE CTU

Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering

IT CAS

Institute of Thermomechanics under Czech Academy of Sciences

CRCD

Center for Reactor Core Design Ltd, department of Kharkiv State University / CRCD Czech branch (CRCD EU s.r.o.)

Administrative Management of the Scientific and Technical Council

Martin Groch

Chairman of STC Czechatom

David Chrobok

Vice-chairman of STC Czechatom

Vasyl Mykola Hrabar

Vice-chairman of STC Czechatom

Members of Technological and Scientific Council

Ing. Akif Abdullayev, Ph.D.

Member of STC Czechatom

Lead Engineer of Fuel Systems, CRCD - Center for Reactor Core Design of Kharkov National Institute

Ing. Vladimir Bail, Ph.D.

Member of STC Czechatom

Member of the Board of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava

Ing. Gabriel Dušan, Ph.D.

Member of STC Czechatom

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Head of Department D 4 - Shocks and Waves in Bodies

Ing. František Fiedler

Member of STC Czechatom

Chief nuclear engineer of the DAVID SMR project of the general designer AFRY CZ, s.r.o.

Ing. Pavel Kukla

Member of STC Czechatom

Senior technical expert, AFRY CZ

Ing. Oskar Kwarteng-Acheampong

Member of STC Czechatom

Vice-chairman of the Board of VÍTKOVICE HAMMERING a.s.

Ing. Dalibor Matějů

Member of STC Czechatom

Vice-president of the Association of Veterans of the Nuclear Industry of the Czech Republic.

Nosovskiy A. V., Ph.D.

Member of STC Czechatom

Academician, Director of the Institute of NPP Safety Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Ing. Jiří Plešek, CSc

Member of STC Czechatom

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Chairman of the Energy Commission of the CAS

Ing. Ilona Pospíškova

Member of STC Czechatom

Project Manager, Senior Expert at AFRY CZ, s.r.o.

Ing. Jan Rataj, Ph.D.

Member of STC Czechatom

Head of Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague

Ing. Ihor Shevchenko

Member of STC Czechatom

Director of the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety of Ukraine (SSTC NRS)

Ing. Ľubomír Sklenka, Ph.D.

Member of STC Czechatom

Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague

Slisenko V. I., Ph.D.

Member of STC Czechatom

Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Director of the Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine