Bulgaria
’s sole Kozloduy nuclear power plant has
completed the planned annual maintenance of one of its two operating reactors.
The 1,000-MW Unit 5 was
reconnected to the grid following inspection and authorisation issued by the
Nuclear Regulatory Agency, the power plant said in a statement on Monday.
In addition to routine
repairs of Unit 5 systems and equipment a number of operations were carried out
according to plans to extend the operational life of the unit and increase the
heat output of the reactor , including inspection of the steam turbines, steam
separator superheaters, vessels and pipelines as well asmodernization of the
separation system of two steam generators.
The planned annual maintenance,
which started on April 9, also included loading fresh nuclear fuel into the
reactor.
Kozloduy’s other operating reactor,
Unit 6, runs at maximum capacity, according to the statement.
The power plant on the bank
of the
Danube
river operates two Russian-made
VVER pressurized water reactors with generation capacity of 1,000 MW each.
(www.novinite.com)