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Bulgaria says nuclear plant ready for emergencies [Jan 06, 2012] SOFIA - Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant, Kozloduy, is ready to take action in case of natural disasters, technical failure or a combination of both, a report by the country's Nuclear Regulation Agency showed on Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Submits Nuclear Plant Stress Test Report [Jan 05, 2012] The management of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency is submitting Thursday Bulgaria's national report on stress tests at the Nuclear Power Plant, NPP, "Kozloduy" and for the NPP "Belene" project. Following the accident at earthquake-stricken Japanese NPP "Fukushima," all European nuclear plants were mandated to make similar stress checks to identify measures to improve safety. Already in November ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Increase Capacity of Its Kozloduy NPP by 60 MW [Dec 20, 2011] The capacity of Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant, Kozloduy, will be increased by 60 MW as its generators will be replaced, it was announced on Tuesday. The reconstruction works will take two years and will cost EUR 30 M. "We are getting near to the fulfillment of that idea," Bulgaria's Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov told the Bulgarian National Radio.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria N-Plant CEO: Personal Foe behind Brutal Attack [Dec 06, 2011] The general director of Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant Kozloduy, who was attacked at the end of last month, has surprisingly said the assault was prompted by personal, not business motives. "I believe that the incident was on a personal basis. When I look back and recall the last few years I can not find anything done by me, which could have provoked this attack," Alexander Nikolov told the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria N-Plant CEO Beaten in the Head, Life Not in Danger [Nov 22, 2011] The general director of Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant Kozloduy, who was attacked late on Monday, has been beaten black and blue, but his life is out of danger, police said. According to the police two unidentified assaulters attacked Alexander Nikolov while he was on his way home and brutally beat him on the head, tearing off part of his right ear. The attackers have fled the scene of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Moves to Increase Capacity of Its Kozloduy NPP [Nov 13, 2011] Bulgarian Kozloduy nuclear power plant will increase the capacity of its two working units to 104%, which will increase the output of each reactor to 1100 MW. If Kozloduy's two operational reactors, Unit 5 and Unit 6, work at 100% of their current capacity, their output would be 1040 MW each. The upgrade will cost less than BGN 1 M per MW, which will be considerably less expensive than the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria: Increased radiation in plant reactor [Apr 28, 2011] SOFIA -- Reactor five of Bulgaria's nuclear power plant Kozloduy was temporarily shut down due to the increased radiation level measured in it, the plant operators say. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ahead of the Game in Stress-Testing Kozloduy NPP [Mar 26, 2011] Bulgaria has already started stress tests of its nuclear power plant in Kozloduy ? and has been commended by the European Council for that, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced in Brussels Friday. He made it clear that his government wanted to move fast on carrying out stress-tests ? which were required by the EU for all nuclear power plants in the Union after the devastating 9.0-magnitude ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP Over-Performs in 2010 [Jan 03, 2011] Bulgaria's only operational nuclear power plant at Kozloduy has surpassed its planned 2010 electricity output. In 2010, the Kozloduy NPP produced a total of 15 248 605 MW/h of electricity , the company management announced on Monday, January 3, 2011. [via YahooNews] More >>

US Giant Westinghouse Might Build Nuclear Reactor in Bulgaria [Apr 07, 2010] Westinghouse is ready to consider building a seventh reactor in Bulgaria 's NPP Kozloduy (pictured). Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>