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Bulgaria, gov't proposes re-start of Belene nuclear plant

PM, China's National Nuclear Corporation expressed interest

17 May, 15:36
(ANSA) - SOFIA - Bulgarian Cabinet decided to lift the moratorium on the Belene NPP project and submit it for vote to the National Assembly, as Novinite.com reports.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced that the project will be brought back. The reason is that last week, representatives of China's National Nuclear Corporation announced they were interested in building Belene.

Energy Minister Temenujka Petkova has announced that by the end of the year, the procedure for selecting a strategic investor for Belene NPP should have been launched if the National Assembly gave a mandate to do so. She specified that there is no provided government guarantee for the project or a commitment to buy the electricity produced. (ANSA).

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