The price to construct a second Nuclear Power Plant in the Danube town of Belene is an impossible burden for Bulgaria, and will be the double of all assets of the country's energy sector.
The statement was made Friday by Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister, Delyan Dobrev. Speaking for the Bulgarian National Television, BNT, he said that the energy assets are BGN 12 B, while the NPP will cost over BGN 20 B.
Commenting on the upcoming referendum on the project to build a second NPP in Bulgaria, Dobrev was firm people must make an educated choice, and not be led by emotions and nostalgia, Novinite.com reports.