SOFIA (Bulgaria), April 22 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant (NPP) Kozloduy, on the Danube, has shut one of its 1,000 megawatt (MW) units for planned repairs, it said.
Unit Five was switched off at 01.22 CET on April 20, the plant said in a statement published on its website.
The repairs are scheduled to be completed by the end of May. During the downtime, the reactor will be reloaded with fresh fuel, it added.
The plant’s other 1,000 MW unit, Unit Six, is operating at its full capacity.
The Kozloduy NPP remained with two operational reactors of 1,000 MW each after the country closed down four units of 440 MW each to address nuclear safety concerns of the European Union prior to its accession to the bloc. Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007. In April 2012 the government decided to add another 1,000 MW unit to the plant.
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