Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov invited his Slovenian counterpart Robert Golob at the Strategic Forum in Bled to participate in project for the expansion of Bulagaria’s sole nuclear power plant Kozloduy, as an electricity buyer or as an investor.
Denkov emphasized that the project for two new units at NPP Kozloduy is related to the long-term electricity consumption forecast, covering a period at least until 2050.
Bulgaria also invited Greece to participate in its nuclear project. Greece expressed its desire to invest in two new reactors and interest in signing a 20-year power purchase agreement.
The signing of the engineering contract with the US company Westinghouse for the construction of two new units at NPP Kozloduy is pending. An agreement with Westinghouse for the supply of fresh nuclear fuel for the unit 5 has been signed for a period of 10 years, with the first delivery scheduled for next year.
An agreement for the supply of fresh nuclear fuel for the unit 6 has been signed with the French company Framatome.
