Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov informed EU ambassadors of the termination of the Belene project
28 March 2012 News
Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov today invited the ambassadors of European Union and EU candidate countries to a meeting to brief them on the termination of the Belene nuclear power station construction project.
Minister Mladenov gave a detailed briefing on the complicated history of the project, which has lasted more than 30 years, and on the difficulties in finding a strategic investor, a successful model of investment and sources of funding.
He informed them of the Government’s intention to use the reactors that already had been purchased at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant as well as the intention to diversify its systems and supply of nuclear fuel.
At the same time, Bulgaria will focus greater efforts on energy efficiency in generation, transmission and energy consumption, Minister Mladenov said.