Ukrainian state nuclear power company Energoatom’s experts visited the site of the cancelled Belene nuclear power station project in northern Bulgaria on 13 May to assess unused Russia-made VVER-1000 nuclear island equipment ahead of buying it, according to Bulgaria’s National Electricity Company (NEK).

The equipment, or parts of it, will be slated for reuse in the completion of Khmelnitski-3 and -4 in Ukraine.

Bulgaria received equipment, including two reactor pressure vessel and steam generator sets, from Russia for the two-unit Belene project in 2018.