April 23 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant (NPP) Kozloduy said it has shut down its 1,000 MW Unit 5 on Saturday for planned annual maintenance.
The works are expected to be completed by end-May, the operator said in a press release on Saturday.
During the planned outage, the reactor will be reloaded with fresh nuclear fuel.
Kozloduy's other 1,000 MW unit, Unit 6, is currently operating at 104% capacity, following the successful completion of a project for increasing the unit's capacity.
Kozloduy NPP has two operational units - Units 5 and 6 - of 1,000 MW each. The plant's four other units, of 440 MW each, were closed down to address nuclear safety concerns of the European Union prior to Bulgaria's accession to the bloc in 2007.
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