There are a series of project and exploitation differences between the nuclear reactors of Chernobyl type RBMK and the reactors in Kozloduy NPP (WWER) which make such nuclear accident impossible in Bulgaria, the Executive Secretary of the Bulgarian Atomic Forum Bulatom Stanislav Georgiev said in response to criticism about the security of nuclear power engineering after the film Chernobyl was shown on HBO. Sergey Tsochev who served as Chairman of the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency between 2004 and 2013 added that the nuclear accident in Chernobyl has contributed to boost security in nuclear power engineering. After the nuclear accident many new safety standards were adopted. The EU has also adopted a series of directives connected to nuclear safety which are mandatory for the member states.
On Saturday, lows will be between 12 and 17°C, 12°C in Sofia. Before noon it will be cloudy in eastern Bulgaria, with showers in places, but by the end of the day the precipitation will stop. The rest of the country will be free of rain, with clouds..
The certification of the voting machines for the early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria on October 27 has been completed. The final step involved the trusted build of the software for the voting machines and the generation of a hash code. This..
27-year-old Tsvetan Ivanov-Choni, winner of the European Street Food Awards Bulgaria competition, won the "Best Sandwich" award at the European Street Food Awards Finale in Saarbrücken, Germany, in competition with participants from 17..
Bulgarian singer, musician and composer Kiril Marichkov has passed away. The rock musician has died in an accident in the village of Selanovtsi,..
Hungary’s Interior Minister Sándor Pintér stated that abolishing checks at Bulgaria and Romania’s land borders will be on the agenda of the meeting of..
The official trailer of the film Gundi – Legend of Love caused a veritable sensation, turning into the biggest success in the history of Bulgarian..
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