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Romania Has No Objections to Bulgaria's Belene Nuclear Plant Project

Posted on: Tuesday, 11 October 2005, 15:00 CDT

Text of report in English, headlined "Romania approves of work done on Belene nuclear plant project", by Bulgarian news agency BTA website

Ruse, on the Danube, 11 October: "Romania has no objections to what has been done so far on the Belene nuclear power plant project," Romanian Environment and Water Management Minister Sulphina Barbu said here on Tuesday [ 11 October], emerging from a session with her Bulgarian counterpart Dzhevdet Chakurov. "Bulgaria complies with all standards for such projects," Barbu said, adding that Belene is an example of good practice in the two countries' interaction. She noted the involvement of Romanian experts in assessing the environmental impact of the Belene project and in related public discussions.

The Belene project was suspended in 1991 and unblocked in December 2002, when Bulgaria shut down the two oldest reactors of its nuclear power plant at Kozloduy. Russia's Atomstroyexport and the Czech Republic's Consortium Skoda Alliance have been admitted to the second stage of the bidding procedure for a contract to design and build two nuclear reactors at Belene. The National Electric Company (NEK) Board of Directors on Tuesday approved a report by the bid evaluation commission. Both bidders were found to comply with the bidding rules and will be invited to submit concrete offers. The NEK Board of Directors decided that the future offers will be discussed with the bidders on 15 December.

Source: BBC Monitoring European

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