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Private investors offer to build new nuclear reactors at Kozloduy

Tue, Feb 17 2009 11:44 CET byNick Iliev 1205 Views 2 Comments
Private investors offer to build new nuclear reactors at Kozloduy

Kozloduy nuclear power plant.

Photo: Anelia Nikolova

Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov has said that there is a private interest for a substantial investment for the construction of units 7 and 8 at Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant at Kozloduy on the Danube River.

"The Bulgarian government will not allocate any new funds for the creation of new reactors at Kozloduy. If this happens at all, it will happen exclusively with private investment. I will not disclose any specific names for the moment, but one of the world's biggest nuclear energy companies has shown interest in Kozloduy nuclear power plant," Dimitrov said, as quoted by Stroitelstvo Gradut weekly.

"We hope to export 18 million MWh of electricity in 2030, but with two more reactors at Kozloduy, we could export up to 33 million," Dimitrov said.

However, the estimated power grid infrastructure operational in 2030 is calculated to facilitate no more than 15 million MWh, so the entire grid infrastructure has to be redesigned and expanded.

Although that would be an expensive undertaking, Dimitrov said that power shortages in Turkey, Croatia and Macedonia made the investment worthwhile.

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Anonymous Peter Tomaszewski Thu, Feb 19 2009 11:07 CET
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When wish the Investors to start building-up the grid capacity?
Im cinvinced that it should happen preaty soon, well before the units 7 and 8 would go on net?!

Anonymous Investor ????????????????????? Wed, Feb 18 2009 05:22 CET
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I will not disclose any specific names for the moment, but one of the world's biggest nuclear energy companies has shown interest in Kozloduy nuclear power plant," Dimitrov said, as quoted by Stroitelstvo Gradut weekly

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