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Bulgaria Seeks Friendly Outcome on Nuclear Plant and Gas [Apr 01, 2012] SOFIA, Bulgaria ? Bulgaria hopes to dissuade Russian nuclear power plant builder Atomstroyexport from taking legal action after Sofia dropped plans for a power station at Belene that the company had been contracted to build, the economy minister said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Quits Belene Nuclear Power Plant Project [Mar 28, 2012] Bulgaria's Belene Nuclear Power Plant will not be constructed, the country's Deputy Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov announced on on Wednesday. A natural gas power plant will be built in the Danube town of Belene instead, Goranov told reporters after Wednesday's Council of Ministers sitting. The nuclear reactor already assembled by Rosatom subsidiary Atomstroyexport and originally meant for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Rosatom Offers Bulgaria Yet Another Extension of Belene NPP Contract [Mar 23, 2012] Russia's state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom has made it clear it is ready to agree on yet another extension of the contract with the Bulgarian government for the construction of the Belene nuclear power plant. The currently active extension of the 2006 deal between Bulgaria's National Electric Company NEK and Rosatom's subsidiary Atomstroyexport is set to expire at the end of March 2012 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia Ready with Bulgaria's Belene Nuclear Reactor [Mar 17, 2012] Russia's Atomstroyexport has assembled the reactor for the first block of the Nuclear Power Plant NPP to be built in the Bulgarian Danube town of Belene. The reactor BBEP-1000 has been test-assembled in the Izhor plants, which is one of the final stages before it is to be ready for transportation, the Bulgarian news agency BGNES reported Saturday, citing a press release of the Russian company ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sues Russia in Geneva over Belene Project [Oct 06, 2011] Bulgaria's state-run power grid operator has tabled a lawsuit in Geneva against Russia's state nuclear company Atomstroyexport over delayed payments on the planned Belene nuclear plant, the energy minister said on Thursday. The news was broken by Minister Traicho Traikov in an interview for the Bulgarian National TV channel, while representatives of the Bulgarian company declined comment. At the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sues Russia over Belene Nuclear Project [Oct 06, 2011] Bulgaria's state-run power grid operator has tabled a lawsuit against Russia's state nuclear company Atomstroyexport over delayed payments on the planned Belene nuclear plant, the energy minister said on Thursday. The news was broken by Minister Traicho Traikov in an interview for the Bulgarian National TV channel, while representatives of the Bulgarian company declined comment. It was not ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Still Hopeful for Belene NPP despite Counter Suits with Russia [Aug 20, 2011] Even though it is tangled in counter-suits with Russia, Bulgaria's government still hopes that the talks for the Belene nuclear power plant project have a future, Mihail Andonov, head of the Bulgarian National Electric Company NEK has indicated. Andonov's milder statement comes a day after NEK declared that the Russian state company Atomstroyexport had failed to comply with the ultimatum issued ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Moves to Sue Russia as Belene NPP Ultimatum Expires [Aug 18, 2011] Russian state company Atomstroyexport has failed to comply with the ultimatum issued by Bulgaria's National Electric Company NEK, with the latter now moving to suit the former over unsettled equipment claims for the Belene NPP project. The new development comes in spite of the fact that last week Bulgaria and Russia started negotiations on their claims for one another over delayed payments for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria: Russian Roadmap for Belene NPP Non-Binding, Focus on Talks! [Aug 17, 2011] Bulgaria's National Electric Company NEK has responded to Russia's Atomstroyexport that the roadmap the Russians proposed for the troubled Belene nuclear plant project cannot be accepted as a legally binding document. "The reaching of a final agreement and the signing of a contract for the Belene NPP will depend on the results of the negotiations in the joint financial working group. The key ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Sue Russia in Geneva over Belene N-Project [Aug 04, 2011] Bulgaria's state-run power grid operator has threatened to sue in Geneva Russia's state nuclear company Atomstroyexport over delayed payments on planned Belene nuclear plant. The government in Sofia however was quick to point out that this is not a counter-claim to Moscow's lawsuit at an arbitration court in Paris, which is again on due payments on the nuclear project. "The action was described ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt Steers Clear of Russia's Lawsuit over Belene [Jul 26, 2011] Bulgaria's government will not meddle with attempts to settle the troubled ties between the state utility NEK and Russia's state nuclear company, the economy minister has said. "The National Electricity Transmission Company (NEK) will respond to the claim by Atomstroyexport to the best of its interests," Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov told reporters on Tuesday. Minister Traikov ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Strike Back at Russia with Lawsuit over Belene NPP [Jul 22, 2011] Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism has made it clear that it is going to strike back at Russia's Atomstroyexport, a Rosatom subsidiary, with a counter lawsuit over the construction of the Belene nuclear power plant. Earlier on Friday Atomstroyexport, the company chosen to build the second Bulgarian NPP, the 2000-MW plant in Belene, formally confirmed Thursday night's reports in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Dismisses Belene Nuclear Plant Scandal as 'Political Talk' [Apr 06, 2011] The newly signed document between Bulgaria and Russia for the construction of the Belene nuclear plant, which caused a scandal among Bulgarian ministers, is no threat to the country's national security, according to PM Boyko Borisov. He commented on the signed annex 12 with the Russian "Atomstroyexport" regarding the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant, NPP, in the Danube town of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Caps Belene Nuclear Plant's Cost at $8.8 Billion, Borissov Says [Jul 06, 2010] Bulgaria aims to limit the cost of the Belene nuclear plant being built by Russias ZAO Atomstroyexport to 7 billion euros ($8.8 billion), Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Atomstroyexport: No Comment on Belene NPP Dispute with Bulgaria [May 18, 2010] Russian state-owned company Atomstroyexport, which is supposed to construct Bulgarias second nuclear power plant at Belene, has failed to deny or confirm information that it has hired a US consultancy over possible future disputes with the Bulgarian government. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia Wants 80% Participation in Bulgaria Belene NPP (Novinite.com) [Mar 23, 2010] The Russian corporation ?Atomstroyexport? is requesting 80% shares in the future project company to build Bulgaria's second Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in the Danube town of Belene. [via YahooNews] More >>