On Wednesday, the 12th of March 2025, a meeting with mayors from the Jaslovské Bohunice area took place in the beautiful premises of Malý Berlín (cultural centre “Little Berlin”) in Trnava. The mayors came to hear more about the plans for the nuclear energy development in their region. This also included a screening of the movie “Nuclear Now” by the world-renowned director Oliver Stone.
The gathering, organised by companies JAVYS and newcleo, was held under the auspices of the President of the Self-Governing Trnava Region and with participation of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority representatives. It was intended for mayors from the Jaslovské Bohunice area.
The aim was to present the plans of company JAVYS in the field of nuclear energy development in Slovakia. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of JAVYS, Peter Gerhart, spoke about them in more detail, mentioning the preparation of a nuclear new build in Slovakia (the Jaslovské Bohunice site is being considered), as well as cooperation on the development of small modular reactors (SMR) with company newcleo.
Company newcleo was represented by the managing director of its Slovak branch, Miroslav Šarišský. At the meeting, he explained technical aspects as well as the vision of the joint cooperation between newcleo and JAVYS in more detail. Their common goal is to develop small modular reactors that will be able to re-use spent nuclear fuel (which has already been used in a nuclear power plant and is now considered spent and stored). As the name suggests, this generation of reactors will be modular (adaptable) and will also be much smaller than the nuclear power plants we know today. Their expected installed capacity will be around 200-300 MWh.
Together with Juraj Homola from Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic and President of the Self-Governing Trnava Region, Jozef Viskupič, the guests discussed the issues of nuclear safety, the future of nuclear resources and the need to attract and employ young people. Because nuclear energy is very promising for the future of electricity generation.
The next item on the agenda was a screening of the movie Nuclear Now, directed by Oliver Stone. The film explores how nuclear energy can help us tackle the challenges of climate change and energy poverty.
