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Kozloduy NPP signs engineering contract for new nuclear facilities with Hyundai and Westinghouse

Photo: Kozloduy NPP

An engineering contract for the construction of new nuclear facilities at Site No. 2 of the Kozloduy NPP will be signed today with Hyundai and Westinghouse.

According to caretaker Minister of Energy Vladimir Malinov, the contract will enable, within 12 months of its signing, to have "a precise schedule, a fixed price for the implementation of the project, predictability at what price the new capacities will produce energy and whether it will be profitable and affordable for the Bulgarian society and for the whole region".

The ceremony in the Council of Ministers will be attended by caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, US Ambassador Kenneth Merten, the Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, ministers and other officials.



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