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• Russia pressures Bulgaria on Belene loan

  The Bulgarian finance minister Simeon Dyankov has said that he will not authorise a state-guaranteed loan from Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom towards the financing of constructing the Belene nuclear power plant, following last week's negotiations on the deal between the two governments. Posted Feb 22 2010, 12:40 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Rosatom, Russia, Bulgaria, Belene, reactor, nuclear, loan, power plant

• Restarting Belene

  Bulgaria is picking up the pieces of the Belene new reactor project and will shortly select a leading consultant. Work continues at the site, and the reactor technology is not expected to be reconsidered. Posted Jan 14 2010, 11:10 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bulgaria, Belene, restart, reactor, technology, consultation, work

• Clean-up funds remain strong

  Decommissioning of Soviet-era reactors in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania has been unaffected by the financial crisis, said contributors to the International Decommissioning Support Fund managed by the EBRD. Posted Dec 07 2009, 10:24 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Lithuania, Bulgaria, Reactors, safety, slovakia, Soviet-era, Decommissioning, funds, clean up

• New investment plan for Belene

  RWE's departure from Bulgaria's new Belene nuclear plant put extra pressure on government to find new shareholders, while it redefines the scope of investment it needs. Posted Nov 25 2009, 10:54 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bulgaria, RWE, Belene, reactor, government, nuclear, power, investment

• RWE pulls out of Belene

  After a long period of uncertainty German utility RWE has finally abandoned a potential 49% investment in two new nuclear reactors in Bulgaria. Posted Oct 28 2009, 11:43 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Germany, Bulgaria, RWE, contract, reactor, nuclear, pull out, withdrawal

• Belene equipment contract for Russian companies

  Russian engineering companies Power Machines and Atomenergoprom have signed a contract to supply major power generating equipment for a two-unit nuclear plant under construction in Bulgaria. Posted Oct 27 2009, 12:12 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bulgaria, AtomEnergoProm, Power Machines, Belene, nuclear plant, equipment

• Nuclear compensation victory for Bulgaria

  Bulgaria has won an extension of financial support from the European Commission for the early shutdown of nuclear power reactors at Kozloduy. Posted Oct 27 2009, 09:30 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bulgaria, European Commission, shutdown, kozlody, decision, compensation, financial

• Start again at Belene

  Bulgarian politicians are working to pull the Belene project 'out of the swamp' with a new financial framework while the search is on for missing money. Posted Oct 01 2009, 10:30 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Bulgaria, Belene, funding, financials, project

• New Bulgarian government to complete Belene

  [Sofia News Agency, 8 July] The centre-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party, which won general elections in the country on 5 July, is determined to continue with the construction of the Belene nuclear power plant, but with private funding. Biser Boev, GERB's economic advisor and probably Bulgaria's next economy minister, said it would be irresponsible of the new government to abandon such a big project. He said, "We have to see what money we are talking about, because in the next four years Bulgaria will lack financial resources, and will deal with the challenges of the financial crisis every day." Boev said that negotiations with Germany's RWE over finding finance for the Belene plant must be accelerated as Bulgaria cannot afford to give guarantees for the entire project. He said that all investment projects started by the previously government must be reviewed to determine which should proceed and which should be stopped or postponed. Posted Jul 09 2009, 10:26 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Germany, Bulgaria, RWE

• Contract for Kozloduy waste treatment facility

  Belgium's Belgoprocess and Iberdrola of Spain have won a contract to supply a facility for treatment and conditioning of solid radioactive waste at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria. Posted Apr 23 2009, 09:40 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Belgium, Bulgaria, waste

• Moves for waste disposal

  Bulgaria has moved closer to a solution for the main portion of its radioactive waste with a contract to select a site for disposal. Posted Apr 06 2009, 11:33 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bulgaria, waste, Disposal

• Compensation the topic for Bulgaria

  Bulgaria has abandoned efforts to restart its Kozloduy reactors, instead focusing on greater compensation for their early shutdown. Posted Mar 09 2009, 08:45 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bulgaria, restart, Kozloduy

• Pro-nuclear protesters: restart Kozloduy

  Thousands of Bulgarians assembled in their capital yesterday to demand the restart of the Kozloduy 3 and 4 nuclear reactors while the government took steps to do so. Posted Jan 19 2009, 11:01 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bulgaria

• Cornerstone of Kozloduy's casks

  The cornerstone of a new used nuclear fuel store was laid yesterday in Bulgaria. The €50 million facility will store all the old fuel from the six Kozloduy power reactors above ground for at least 50 years. Posted Jul 31 2008, 10:50 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bulgaria

• Bulgarian government issues Belene construction permit

  Bulgaria's government has given its approval for the construction of the Belene nuclear power plant by Russia's AtomStroyExport. However, issues with funding the plant's construction remain. Posted Jul 15 2008, 12:17 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Bulgaria