Bulgaria's only
operational nuclear power plant at Kozloduy has surpassed its planned 2010
electricity output.
In 2010, the Kozloduy
NPP produced a total of 15 248 605 MW/h of electricity, the company management
announced on Monday, January 3, 2011.
The nuclear plant
reached the projected 2010 amount of produced electricity on December 26, 2010,
and in the last five days of the year, it managed to produce a total of 253 465
MW/h of electricity more than its management originally
planned.
The over-performance
has been achieved in spite of switching off the two plant reactors for scheduled
repairs and a for a problem with supplies in the fall of the
2010.
Only the 1000 MW
Units 5 and 6 are operational at Kozloduy at present, with the four older 440 MW
units 1-4 being shut in 2002 and 2006 over EU pressure based on safety
concerns.