Belene
Kozloduyclass=notpageimage| Nuclear power plants in Bulgaria (view)
Active plants
Unfinished/future plants
Nuclear power generates about a third of electricity in Bulgaria. Bulgaria's first commercial nuclear reactor began operation in 1974. The Kozloduy NPP operates two pressurized water reactors with a total output of 1906 MW. This makes Bulgaria the 21st-largest user of nuclear power in the world. Construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant was officially terminated in March 2012, and a thermal powerplant was supposed to be built on the site. Efforts in May 2018 to restart the Belene project were unsuccessful. As of 2022, Bulgaria plans to construct new reactors at the existing Kozloduy site, and at Belene.
Bulgaria has the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant with two pressurized water reactors (together 2000 MW net). Four old and unsafe VVER-440/230 reactors (4 x 408 MW net) were taken off-line in 2004 and 2007). The two active reactors cover almost half of Bulgaria's electricity demand.
Radioactive waste
Bulgaria has a state agency in charge of radioactive waste disposal. Under a 2002 agreement, Bulgaria pays Russia $620 thousand/ton to reprocess spent fuel. The country also spent €49 million to construct a new storage facility and had plans to build another facility by 2015 but it didn't happen as predicted.
Reactors
This section is an excerpt from List of commercial nuclear reactors § Bulgaria.| Plant name |
Unit No. |
Type | Model | Status | Capacity (MW) |
Begin building |
Commercial operation |
Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kozloduy | 1 | PWR | VVER-440/V-230 | Shut down | 408 | 1 Apr 1970 | 28 Oct 1974 | 31 Dec 2002 |
| 2 | PWR | VVER-440/V-230 | Shut down | 408 | 1 Apr 1970 | 10 Nov 1975 | 31 Dec 2002 | |
| 3 | PWR | VVER-440/V-230 | Shut down | 408 | 1 Oct 1973 | 20 Jan 1981 | 31 Dec 2006 | |
| 4 | PWR | VVER-440/V-230 | Shut down | 408 | 1 Oct 1973 | 20 Jun 1982 | 31 Dec 2006 | |
| 5 | PWR | VVER-1000/V-320 | Operational | 1003 | 9 Jul 1980 | 23 Dec 1988 | ||
| 6 | PWR | VVER-1000/V-320 | Operational | 1003 | 1 Apr 1982 | 30 Dec 1993 | ||
| 7 | PWR | AP1000 | Planned | 1150 | (2033) | |||
| 8 | PWR | AP1000 | Planned | 1150 | ||||
| Belene | 1 | PWR | VVER-1000/V-320 VVER-1000/V-446B |
Unfinished | 953 1011 |
1987 2008 |
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| 2 | PWR | VVER-1000/V-320 VVER-1000/V-446B |
Unfinished | 953 1011 |
1987 2008 |
See also
References
- "Nuclear Power in Bulgaria". World Nuclear Organization. August 2010. Archived from the original on 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- Bulgaria quits Belene Nuclear Power Plant project, Novinite, 28 March 2012
- "Bulgaria abandons Belene, announces new reactors at Kozloduy". 2022-02-16.
- "Bulgaria energy strategy includes four new nuclear reactors". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- "Срив при тока от въглища и рекорд за ВЕИ през юни в България". 4 July 2023.
- “Nuclear Power in Bulgaria.” World Nuclear Association February 2008. < http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf87.html Archived 2009-01-21 at the Wayback Machine>
- ^ "Bulgaria to push ahead with two new units at Kozloduy". world-nuclear-news.org. World Nuclear News. 25 Oct 2023. Retrieved 3 Nov 2023.
External links
- Uranium Information Center: Nuclear energy in Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Subject Files - Ecology: Nuclear Power Plant at Blinken Open Society Archives, Budapest
- World Nuclear Association Report on Bulgaria's Nuclear Energy History and Present Archived 2009-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
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