Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant

Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant
Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant
Country	Bulgaria
Location	Kozloduy
Coordinates	43°44′46″N 23°46′14″E / 43.74611°N 23.77056°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1970
Commission date	28 October 1974; 1974 (Unit 1); 1975 (Unit 2); 1980 (Unit 3); 1982 (Unit 4); 1987 (Unit 5); 1991 (Unit 6)
Decommission date	2004 (Units 1 & 2); 2007 (Units 3 & 4)
Owner(s)	Bulgarian Energy Holding;
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	VVER-440; VVER-1000
Thermal capacity	2 x 3,120 MWth
Power generation
Units operational	2 x 1088 MWe (gross)
Units planned	1 x 1,250 MWe
Units decommissioned	4 x 440 MWe (gross)
Nameplate capacity	2,176 MW
Capacity factor	87.2% (2014-2018)
Annual net output	16,023 GW·h
External links
Website	www.kznpp.org
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Bulgaria situated 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Sofia and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Kozloduy, a town on the Danube river, near the border with Romania. It is the country's only nuclear power plant and the largest in the region. The construction of the first reactor began on 6 April 1970.^[2]

Kozloduy NPP currently manages two pressurized water reactors with a total gross output of 2,000 MWe and 1,966 MW net. Units 5 and 6, constructed in 1987 and 1991, respectively are VVER-1000 reactors. By 2017, Unit 5 was to be upgraded to reach a capacity of 1,100 MWe, as part of a programme to extend the life of the unit by 30 years.^[3] A seventh 1,000 MW unit may be installed, using parts from the terminated Belene project for which Bulgaria has paid 600 million euros.^[4]^[5] An eighth unit is also under consideration.^[6]

The older and smaller Units 1 to 4 were all shut down by 2007. Two spent fuel storage facilities are part of the power plant.^[7]

^ Bulgaria quits Belene Nuclear Power Plant project Archived 2012-04-17 at the Wayback Machine, Novinite, 28 March 2012
^ "Kozloduy NPP Plc - History". Kznpp.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
^ Cite error: The named reference nei-20151022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Bulgaria weighs merits of Belene NPP or Kozloduy extension". Neimagazine.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
^ "Bulgaria to pay up to 601.6 mln euro to Atomstroyexport for scrapped Belene project by Dec 25". Seenews.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference wnn-20210205 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Kozloduy NPP EAD 2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Kznpp.org. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

[1] Bulgaria quits Belene Nuclear Power Plant project Archived 2012-04-17 at the Wayback Machine, Novinite, 28 March 2012

[kozloduy_npp_history-2] "Kozloduy NPP Plc - History". Kznpp.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-03-16.

[nei-20151022-3] Cite error: The named reference nei-20151022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "Bulgaria weighs merits of Belene NPP or Kozloduy extension". Neimagazine.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

[5] "Bulgaria to pay up to 601.6 mln euro to Atomstroyexport for scrapped Belene project by Dec 25". Seenews.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

[wnn-20210205-6] Cite error: The named reference wnn-20210205 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[7] "Kozloduy NPP EAD 2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Kznpp.org. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

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