South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction will be invited to submit a binding bid to build Bulgaria’s proposed Kozloduy-7 and -8 nuclear power units using Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactor technology, according to Delyan Dobrev, chairman of the national parliament’s energy commission.

Dobrev told the local BTV broadcaster that out of the five companies which responded to a tender in early February for the project, Hyundai was the sole contender to meet both the technical and financial prerequisites.

Next steps will include inviting Hyundai to submit a binding price offer encompassing the design, manufacture, supply, installation, and commissioning of the two new units Kozloduy, an existing nuclear site on the Danube river in northern Bulgaria, close to its border with Romania.