The government has authorized the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant to purchase Russian parts

The Cabinet approved a waiver for ten procedures related to the supply of original parts from the Russian Federation for the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. This was announced by Energy Minister Traicho Traikov at a briefing at the Council of Ministers following the government meeting on Wednesday.

You are aware of the problems with the membrane devices in Unit 6, which have been dragging on for months. Thank God, after the last repair, I was present at the unit’s startup and its integration into the system. Since then, it has been operating at full capacity without any problems. But to prevent such incidents from recurring in the future, we have implemented ten procedures to ensure that things proceed as planned,” said Traikov.

He has also issued instructions and a commission has been formed to thoroughly investigate the procedural and technical issues that led to these “malfunctions.” He emphasized that “although they did not pose a threat to people or the plant,” the several forced reactor shutdowns resulted in significant economic losses due to lost energy production.

Translated with DeepL.