Bulgaria’s reactor closure aftershocks

Bulgaria is preparing to decommission two more reactors of its first and, for now, only nuclear power plant in Kozloduy, north-western Bulgaria, by the end of 2006 as one of the commitments related to the country’s European Union accession. It appears that few people on the list of this country’s top officials have a clue as to what will happen to the domestic supply of electricity, the exports and the price of power after the closure. And, given what has come to their knowledge, it does not look so bright.

Bulgaria’s electricity exports will drop in 2007 following the closure of reactors 3 and 4 at Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP). This means the country will have to wait for the completion of a second nuclear power plant, expected in 2012, to help cover up to 60 per cent of South East Europe’s electricity imports.
Sofia Echo