 The Czech President at the time, Václav Havel, called the plant “megalomaniacal.”

The Czech Energy Policy of 2004 envisaged building two or more large reactors to replace Dukovany power plant after 2020.The plans announced in 2006 envisaged construction of one 1,500 MWe unit at Temelín after 2020, and a second to follow.In 2019 the Czech government gave preliminary approval for at least one new nuclear power unit at Dukovany Nuclear Power Station for about 2035 to replace four units expected to shut down between 2035 and 2037.