Belene Nuclear Power Plant

The procedure for selecting a strategic investor for the Belene Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project is published today, 22 May, in C176 in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The procedure for selecting a strategic investor for the Belene NPP project is published in C176 issue in the Official Journal of the European Union. Participation application deadline in the strategic investor selection procedure shall be no later than the 90th day after the date of publication of the invitation in the Official Journal of the EU.

Rosatom, a Russian state corporation, is ready if Bulgaria takes a serious decision to resume the Belene NPP project, to take part in any form at the Belene NPP in the construction of the plant.

The excellent collaboration between the Kozloduy NPP and the Rosatom State Corporation continues in the implementation of the program for the modernization of the 5th and 6th units of the nuclear power plant, "Energy Minister Temenujka Petkova said during a meeting with the Director General of" Rosatom "Alexei Ligachov, announced by the Ministry of Energy.The meeting was held within the XIth In

,,We propose the creation of a joint company, investment projects and all modern forms of public-private partnership'', the prime minister Boyko Borissov said, reported NOVA TV.

,,We have yet to find out if there will be a Belene NPP. I hope that the procedure will be successful because the project is important for Bulgaria as well as for the whole region.'' This was announced by Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova in the studio of "This morning".

Serbia and North Macedonia have shown interest in participating in neighbouring Bulgaria's project for construction of Belene nuclear power plant (NPP), Bulgarian deputy prime minister Tomislav Donchev said, reports SeeNews. 

Donchev told this to told Sofia-based Trud daily, Tanjug is reporting on Wednesday.

After talks between Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev we can not talk about increasing dependence on Russia in any way. This is what the Minister of Energy Temenujka Petkova commented this morning to NOVA.

Russian Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev arrived in Sofia on Monday under tight security to meet his Bulgarian colleague, Boyko Borissov, and discuss gas and nuclear energy cooperation.