Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP plans 5.6 mln euro deal with Westinghouse for new fuel type analysis

The analysis will be used to license the new fuel type for Unit 5, which should enable шге кхсш to operate at a thermal capacity of 3,120 MW, Kozloduy NPP said in a notice to the public procurement agency.

Westinghouse is the only other producer of fuel casks for VVER-1000 reactors besides NPP Kozloduy's current supplier - Russian nuclear fuel cycle company TVEL. The contract is seen as a move towards the future diversification of nuclear fuel supplies, NPP Kozloduy said.

NPP Kozloduy has two operational units - Units 5 and 6 - of 1,000 MW each.

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