Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant

Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant

Infobox NPP
Picture = KozloduyNPP.jpg
Country = Bulgaria
Utility =
Built = 1967
Start = 28 October, 1974
End =
Reactor = 2
Reactor_MW = 2,000
S_Reactor =
El_Prod = 11,964
for_year = 2006
El_Prod_avg = 8,884
Net_Prod = 381,846
WEBSITE =
as_of = 25 July, 2007
The Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Bulgaria situated 200 km north of Sofia and 5 km east of Kozloduy, a town on the Danube river, near the border with Romania. It is the country's only nuclear power plant. The construction of the plant began on 6 April 1970.

Kozloduy NPP currently manages 2 pressurized water reactors with a total output of 1920 MWe. Units 5 and 6, constructed in 1988 and 1993 respectively, are newer VVER-1000 reactors. Kozloduy NPP operated another four VVER-440 V230 reactors, but under a 1993 agreement between the European Commission and the Bulgarian government, Units 1 and 2 were taken off-line at the end of 2003. Units 3 and 4 were taken off-line at the end of 2006, immediately prior to the Bulgaria's accession to the European Union.

Prior to shutdown of units 3 and 4, the plant produced 44% of Bulgaria's electricity supply, and allowed the country to export about 20% of its electricity production. With units 1 and 2 taken off-line, Bulgaria, in of March 2006, exported about 14% of its electricity.

On 13 February 2008, the Government of Bulgaria decided to set up a state-owned energy holding company. The holding company will be composed of gas company Bulgargaz, power company NEK EAD, Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, Maritza-Iztok II thermal power plant, and the Mini Maritza Iztok (Maritza Iztok mines).cite news
url = http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=90355
title = Bulgaria Consolidates Five Energy Companies into Holding
publisher = Sofia News Agency
date = 2008-02-13
accessdate = 2008-02-24
] cite news
url = http://pepei.pennnet.com/display_article/320064/6/ARTCL/Display/none/1/Bulgaria-announces-birth-of-energy-giant-with-new-holding-company/
title = Bulgaria announces birth of energy giant with new holding company
publisher = Power Engineering
date = 2008-02-14
accessdate = 2008-02-24
]

A construction of two new reactors will probably be started. The goal is the two reactors - 7 and 8, to be completed before the Belene NPP.. [ [http://www.novinar.net/?act=news&act1=det&stat=center&mater=MjMxMjsxMg= 7. и 8. блок в АЕЦ "Козлодуй" излизат в битка с АЕЦ "Белене"] ]

External links

External links

* [http://www.kznpp.org/ Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant homepage]
* [http://www.bnsa.bas.bg/ Bulgaria's Nuclear Regulatory Agency]
* [http://www.iaea.org/inis/ws/countries/bulgaria.html IAEA's Bulgaria links]
* [http://www.american.edu/TED/bulgarnk.htm Article with diagrams]


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