Heat from nuclear power plants used in agriculture

The possibilities are discussed of using nuclear power plants as heat sources for agriculture in Czechoslovakia. It is estimated that agrocomplexes will account for 5-10% of the total power consumption in Czechoslovakia. This value should be one of the major indicators for decision making on the siting of nuclear power plants, on the time of their construction and on their incorporation in the district heating system. The best conditions for this have been created at the nuclear power plant in Jaslovske Bohunice. On the locality are the Research Institute for Nuclear Power Plants and in the vicinity the research institutes of the Agricultural University in Nitra. There is fertile arable land and conditions for the establishment of agrocomplexes also in the localities of other nuclear power plants which are under construction or are being operated in Czechoslovakia, namely Dukovany, Mochovce and Temelin. Agrocomplexes should be established in these areas gradually in the years 2000 to 2010. The Litomerice agrocomplexes which should be completed by 2015 should be highly profitable and should be supplied from the nuclear power plant in Usti nad Labem with a capacity of 2 x 1000 MW. The same is true of the Eastern Bohemia agrocomplex which should similarly be supplied by a nuclear power plant to be built in this area after the year 2020. (Z.M.)