South Korean officials have downplayed a Czech court’s decision to put on hold an $18 billion project for South Korea to build two nuclear reactors in the country.

PRAGUE (AP) — A court in the Czech Republic blocked on Tuesday the government from signing a deal with South Korea’s KHNP to build at least two nuclear reactors in country. KHNP won a lucrative public tender last year, beating a competing bid by France’s EDF.

A Czech court has blocked electricity firm CEZ from signing a contract worth at least $18 billion with South Korea's KHNP to build a new nuclear power plant until the court has handled a complaint from the losing bidder,