Bulgaria's first commercial

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began operation in 1974. The Kozloduy NPP operates two

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s with a total output of 1906 MW. This makes

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the 21st-largest user of nuclear power in the world. Construction of the

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was officially terminated in March 2012, and a thermal powerplant was supposed to be built on the site. Efforts in May 2018 to restart the Belene project were unsuccessful. , Bulgaria plans to construct new reactors at the existing Kozloduy site.

Radioactive waste

Bulgaria has a state agency in charge of

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. Under a 2002 agreement, Bulgaria pays Russia $620 thousand/ton to reprocess spent fuel. The country also spent to construct a new storage facility and had plans to build another facility by 2015“Nuclear Power in Bulgaria.” ''

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'' February 2008. < http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf87.html> but it didn't happen as predicted.

Reactors

References

External links

Uranium Information Center: Nuclear energy in Bulgaria

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World Nuclear Association Report on Bulgaria's Nuclear Energy History and Present
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