Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant

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Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant

Country	Bulgaria
Built	1967
Start of commercial operation	28 October, 1974
Reactors
Reactors active	2 (2,000 MW)
Power
Capacity	MW
Total power generation in 2006	11,964 GWh
Average annual generation (last 5 yrs)	8,884 GWh
Net generation	381,846 GWh
Other details
As of 25 July, 2007

Units 1-4

Units 5 and 6

The Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Bulgaria situated 200 km north of Sofia and 5 km east of Kozloduy, a town on the Danube river, near the border with Romania. It is the country's only nuclear power plant. The construction of the plant began on 6 April 1970.

Kozloduy NPP currently manages 2 pressurized water reactors with a total output of 1920 MWe. Units 5 and 6, constructed in 1988 and 1993 respectively, are newer VVER-1000 reactors. Kozloduy NPP operated another four VVER-440 V230 reactors, but under a 1993 agreement between the European Commission and the Bulgarian government, Units 1 and 2 were taken off-line at the end of 2003. Units 3 and 4 were taken off-line at the end of 2006, immediately prior to the Bulgaria's accession to the European Union.

Prior to shutdown of units 3 and 4, the plant produced 44% of Bulgaria's electricity supply, and allowed the country to export about 20% of its electricity production. With units 1 and 2 taken off-line, Bulgaria, in of March 2006, exported about 14% of its electricity.

On 13 February 2008, the Government of Bulgaria decided to set up a state-owned energy holding company. The holding company will be composed of gas company Bulgargaz, power company NEK EAD, Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, Maritza-Iztok II thermal power plant, and the Mini Maritza Iztok (Maritza Iztok mines).^[1]^[2]