Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2023 All Rights Reserved

"Rosatom" subsidiary say they would deliver fuel to Kozloduy NPP in 2023

Photo: BGNES

Russian company TVEL, a subsidiary of Rosatom, has fulfilled its nuclear fuel supply program for 2022 on time. We have no doubt that the 2023 delivery program will also be completed without delay, the Russian nuclear company, which supplies fuel for the Kozloduy NPP, wrote in a letter to Energy Minister Rosen Hristov, as quoted by BTA.

With the letter, Moscow responds to the statement Minister Hristov made on December 22, 2022 in a television interview, in which he commented on the newly signed contract with the US corporation "Westinghouse" for the licensing and implementation of an alternative type of nuclear fuel for unit 5 of the Kozloduy NPP. The minister explained that supplies from the Russian company could be suspended due to difficulties caused by Russia's war in Ukraine.

The Russian company also write that they were not informed by the Bulgarian side about the inclusion of another supplier and that mixing of different nuclear fuels posed risks for nuclear safety.


Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Natural History Museum in Sofia marks International Bird Day

The National Natural History Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia celebrates today the International Bird Day - April 1 , together with the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds.  The scientists and conservationists have..

published on 4/1/23 8:25 AM

Day of silence before parliamentary election in Bulgaria

April 1 in Bulgaria is a day free from political agitation before the early parliamentary election. Campaign messages are prohibited both on the day of silence and on the day of the vote itself and the local..

published on 4/1/23 5:55 AM

Weather forecast: Temperatures will reach 23° C, snow on higher ground

Tomorrow , minimum temperatures will range from 5° and 10° C., for Sofia around 7° C. Before midday, mostly in Northwestern Bulgaria there will be rain, which will spread to the rest of the country in the afternoon. By evening there will be heavy..

published on 3/31/23 8:00 PM