February 4 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's nuclear power plant (NPP) Kozloduy has signed a contract with Westinghouse Electric Sweden for conducting an analysis of an alternative fuel type for the plant's Unit 5, the government in Sofia said on Thursday.
The contract is part of the procedure for licensing an alternative fuel type for the Soviet-made Unit 5 and another step in Bulgaria's programme for diversification of fresh nuclear fuel suppliers, prime minister Boyko Borissov said in a statement.
In November, Kozloduy NPP said that it invited Westinghouse Electric Sweden to submit an offer for a 5.6 million euro ($6.7 million) deal to conduct an analysis of an alternative fuel type.
Westinghouse is the only other producer of fuel casks for VVER-1000 reactors besides the power palnt's current supplier - Russian nuclear fuel cycle company TVEL, Kozloduy NPP said at the time.
Kozloduy NPP has two operational units - Units 5 and 6 - of 1,000 MW each.
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