Kozloduy

The process of extending the life of unit 5 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant may be delayed by a year, according to Bogomil Manchev, President of the Bulgarian Atomic Forum (BULATOM).

Dimitar Angelov, CEO of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant, has complained that the N-plant lost long-term contracts for the sale of electricity as a result of the postponement of the new regulatory period.

Bulgarian business, labor unions and government officials have tabled new amendments to energy legislation which envisages state aid for industrial energy consumers.

Draft measures to provide reliefs to large industrial consumers have also been approved.

The construction of a new generating unit at Bulgaria's sole Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP) will cost USD 5.3 B.

The price had been specified diring a meeting between Energy MinisterTemenuzhka Petkova and the visiting Special Envoy to US Secretary of State John Kerry, Amos Hochstein, according to BGNES.

The revenues of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant will increase by BGN 56 M after units 5 and 6 see their capacity increased by 4% to 104%, according to calculations of Nikita Hristov, senior nuclear energy expert at Risk Engineering.

Units 5 and 6 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant need a replacement of the automated neutron flux control system in order to have their capacity increased.

The measure is part of the life extension and modernization program for units 5 and 6 of the Kozloduy NPP, according to investor.bg.

The TVEL Fuel Company, a subsidiary of ROSATOM, is to supply and load modernized fuel into one of the reactors of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant in 2016, according to a senior official of the company.

Qatar is interested in investment in the future Unit 7 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy power plant, according to a statement from the Bulgarian government's press office.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov met with Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani as part of his visit to Qatar.

Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant has reported a profit of BGN 63.3 M for the first quarter of 2015, according to an analysis of the company's activity and financial condition in the first three months of the year.

The profit of Kozloduy NPP registered a slight decrease from Q1, 2014, when it stood at BGN 64 M, according to the report, as cited by econ.bg.

US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on Thursday it agreed to discuss a new timetable and structure of the project to build Unit 7 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear plant.

Westinghouse CEO Danny Roderick said the decision had been taken "jointly by all parties and reflects the present conditions in Bulgaria of support for an infrastructure project of such a scale."