Reactor: PWR
Output: 953MWe
Location: 7.5km from the border of Romania and near the Danube River, in the Republic of Bulgaria
In the News: Belene Units 1 & 2
1981 Site was approved for the construction of a second Bulgarian NPP
1987 Foundations of the future power plant were laid
1988 – 1990 40% of the construction work of reactor 1 was finished and 80% of the equipment was supplied
1990 Project abandoned due to the restoration of capitalism in Bulgaria
2002 Re-start of the Belene Project
2003 Letters sent to six leading companies in the sphere of nuclear energy asking them to provide up-to-date technical, economic and financial information regarding the project
July 2003 Program work approved
2005 National Electric Company (NEC) launched a procedure for selection of a Contractor for the engineering, procurement, and commissioning of Belene Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 & 2
2006 Use of third-generation VVER-1000/V-446B reactors was approved by the NEC
2007 European Commission gave its favorable opinion to the NPP
2008 NEC signed contract for the design, construction and installation of Units 1 and 2, Construction of the Belene NPP officially started
2009 Concrete scheduled to be poured
2010 Bulgarian government announced that it would freeze indefinitely the planned construction of the Belene nuclear power plant
2013 Belene 1 expected to be operating
2014 Belene 2 expected to be operating
