Bulgaria receives first batch of US nuclear fuel
Kyiv • UNN
Bulgaria has received the first shipment of American nuclear fuel from Westinghouse to partially replace the Russian fuel currently used at the fifth power unit of the Kozloduy NPP.
Bulgaria plans to partially replace the Russian fuel currently used at the fifth power unit of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant. This was stated by the head of the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency Tsanko Bachiyski. The first batch of nuclear fuel from the American company Westinghouse has already been delivered by the ship ADAMAS, which flies the flag of the Netherlands. Mari time writes about it, UNN reports .
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The replacement is planned to be carried out during the scheduled outage of the power unit in May. As a result, the reactor will operate simultaneously on Russian and American fuel.
At the end of 2022, the management of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria signed a ten-year contract with Westinghouse to supply nuclear fuel for the plant's fifth power unit.
It was announced that the license to use this new fuel will be obtained in 2024. However, the contract does not provide for the disposal of spent fuel, so it will be stored in a specialized warehouse at the plant.
Earlier, the Bulgarian government lifted restrictions on diversification of nuclear fuel supplies for VVER-1000 reactors.
