Westinghouse Electric Co. and Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild recently signed an agreement to establish a joint working group to plan the deployment of the AP1000 reactor in Bulgaria.
The reactor would be located at the Kozloduy site, and the working group would evaluate regulatory, licensing, and design requirements and develop a plan to support Bulgaria’s energy strategy.
The group also will assess the existing infrastructure at the Kozloduy site to determine if it can support the construction of an AP1000 reactor.
“We are pleased to begin work to deliver the world’s most advanced, Generation III+ reactor technology to provide clean and reliable baseload energy for our customer and the people of Bulgaria,” David Durham, Westinghouse energy systems president, said. “We thank Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild and the Bulgarian Parliament for their confidence in our industry-leading, Nth of a kind technology. We commend Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild for their thoughtful approach to best-in-class project delivery that will ensure high localization of the work.”
The contract is the first step in delivering the AP1000 reactor project.
Two Russian-designed VVER-1000 reactors are currently in operation at the Kozloduy site. In December, Westinghouse signed a 10-year agreement to supply nuclear fuel to one of the units beginning in 2024.