China's National Nuclear Corporation has reportedly voiced interest in the building of a seventh unit at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant, the closure of which was one of the conditions for the country's EU accession.
China's National Nuclear
Corporation has reportedly voiced interest in the building of a seventh unit at
Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant, the closure of which was one of the
conditions for the country's EU accession.
Representatives of the company
have visited the site of the nuclear plant at the beginning of this week, local
Standard daily reported, citing undisclosed sources.
Bulgaria's new
center-right government of GERB party announced at the end of November last year
that it is considering the construction of a new 1 000 MW nuclear unit at
Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant.
Russia and Japan's Toshiba Corp.have
declared interest in project, according to unofficial reports, which surfaced
after Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy,
Richard Morningstar, made it clear that American companies are likely bidders in
the nuclear energy sector here.
Experts have commented that the
participation of American companies will ease Russia's grip on Bulgaria's energy
sector.
Bulgaria's only nuclear plant Kozloduy has two 1,000 MW operating
units left since the closure of Soviet-designed reactors 1 to 4 was one of the
conditions for its entry in the European bloc.
Hit worst by the
Russia-Ukraine gas dispute at the beginning of 2009, Bulgaria was poised to
restart one of the nuclear reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear power plant, but
abandoned the idea when faced with Brussles' vehement
opposition.
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