(ANSA-AFP) - SOFIA, OCT 25 - Bulgaria on Wednesday approved
the construction of two nuclear reactors using American
technology as the Balkan EU member seeks to diversify its energy
sources. The two new reactors will be located at the site of the
state-owned Kozloduy plant on the Danube river, which currently
relies on Russian fuel for its two Soviet-built 1,000-megawatt
reactors. The country's sole nuclear plant signed deals last
year to diversify its nuclear fuel deliveries from 2024 in
efforts to replace shipments from Russia in the wake of Moscow's
invasion of Ukraine. The two new reactors -- which will provide
a total of 2,300 MW -- will use Westinghouse's technology, the
government said in a statement. (ANSA-AFP).
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