On Friday, Cranberry Township, Pa.-based Westinghouse announced it had signed memorandums of understanding with Bulgarian suppliers to support the upcoming nuclear projects at Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant in that country.
The MOUs are a result of meeting with suppliers during the Westinghouse Supplier Symposium in February, and represent an expansion of the company’s AP1000 nuclear project supply chain into Bulgaria.
“Ensuring high localization of work on the AP1000 project at Kozloduy remains a crucial objective,” said Petyo Ivanov, Executive Director of Kozloduy NPP New Built Company. “We celebrate today’s announcement and these impressive local suppliers, whose partnerships represent another step toward bringing additional advanced, nuclear technology online in Bulgaria and emphasize the economic impact that the project will have for our country and its people. We expect these Bulgarian companies to become a vital part of the Westinghouse worldwide supply chain, more specifically for all their European new built projects.”
The MOUs outline the potential for key components for the project – like large structural modules, cranes, heat exchangers and pressure valves, as well as engineering, transportation, consulting and construction services. Companies signing MOUs were Atomenergoremont JSC; Bulmachinery Enterprises Ltd.; Bureau Veritas Bulgaria; Centralna Energoremontna Baza EAD; ELIA AD; Energoremont-Galabovo AD; Himmash JSC; Industrial Parts Ltd.; KMC JSC; Kranostroene Engineering LTD; MTG-Dolphin PLC; PODEMCRANE AD; Tia Logistics LTD; TM INOX Ltd.; Biomashinostroene AD; Bularmex-IK JSCo; and Micromet AD.
“Westinghouse has a robust supply chain network across the world, and we are pleased to further expand that with additional, experienced and local Bulgarian suppliers to support the successful delivery of two AP1000 reactors at the Kozloduy site,” David Durham, president of Westinghouse Energy Systems, said. “Growth of our local and qualified supplier network in addition to the critical progress we are making on our front-end engineering and design contract for this project are important steps that help us to pave the way to bring a clean energy future to Bulgaria for generations to come.”
In Jun of last year, Westinghouse was awarded a front-end engineering and design contract with Kozloduy NPP Newbuild project for its AP1000 technology. In October 2023, the company signed MOUs with five other suppliers for the Bulgarian project and for other European projects.