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(Adds quote, details) PRAGUE, March 16 (Reuters) - CEZ would prefer to have a political agreement on launching a tender to build a new unit at the Dukovany nuclear plant, Chief Executive Daniel Benes said on Tuesday as tensions were rising over whether to invite Russia into the process. The 70% state-owned electricity producer aims to launch the tender, estimated to be worth at least 6 billion euros ($7.17 billion) in current prices, as soon as possible. The EU and NATO country’s security services have advised not to invite China and Russia into the tender, going against pro-Russian Preside...

Will the EU become climate-neutral? 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 ...