April 7, 2010, Wednesday
US energy giant Westinghouse is interested in building a seventh reactor in the Bulgarian nuclear power plant Kozloduy.
This has become clear after Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, met with representatives of the Westinghouse management, the Economy Ministry press center announced.
Traikov is a on three-day visit to the USA (April 5-7), where he has had meetings with US government officials and American companies.
The management of Westinghouse has presented to the Bulgarian Minister its new generation nuclear reactor AP1000 which can be erected in three years, and has a high level of protection.
Westinghouse has made it clear it is interested in participating in a future tender for the construction of a new 1000 MW reactor in the Bulgarian nuclear power plant Kozloduy which has four inactive 440 MW reactors and two working 1000 MW units, all of which are Soviet-made.
The US energy company has also told Traikov that it was ready to obtain a license so that its nuclear fuel could be used for the Russian reactors in Bulgaria.
Source: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=114995
US energy giant Westinghouse is interested in building a seventh reactor in the Bulgarian nuclear power plant Kozloduy.
This has become clear after Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, met with representatives of the Westinghouse management, the Economy Ministry press center announced.
Traikov is a on three-day visit to the USA (April 5-7), where he has had meetings with US government officials and American companies.
The management of Westinghouse has presented to the Bulgarian Minister its new generation nuclear reactor AP1000 which can be erected in three years, and has a high level of protection.
Westinghouse has made it clear it is interested in participating in a future tender for the construction of a new 1000 MW reactor in the Bulgarian nuclear power plant Kozloduy which has four inactive 440 MW reactors and two working 1000 MW units, all of which are Soviet-made.
The US energy company has also told Traikov that it was ready to obtain a license so that its nuclear fuel could be used for the Russian reactors in Bulgaria.
Source: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=114995
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