8 Oct (NucNet): Bulgaria’s Ministry of Environment and Water has approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on the proposal to build a new nuclear reactor on the site of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant.
The approval was received by Kozloduy NPP-New Build Plc, the company in charge of the development of the new nuclear reactor project, the company said in a statement.
The company said that in accordance with the Espoo Convention* on transboundary planning it would make the EIA available to Romania and Austria.
Bulgaria has two commercially operational nuclear units – Kozloduy-5 and -6. They are VVER V-320 reactors with a net electrical output of 953 megawatts each.
In 1999, the Bulgarian government decided to close down the Kozloduy nuclear power plant’s four VVER V-230 units to comply with a condition of entry into the EU. Units 1 and 2 were shut down in 2002 and units 3 and 4 in 2006.
