Kozloduy Unit 5 & 6 Life Extension

摘要

Bulgaria's only nuclear power plant has always been praised as one of the nation's highest accomplishments in terms of technology and efficient energy generation. Back in the 1970s, it was a great achievement for Bulgaria to be the first country in the region of South East Europe to start utilizing nuclear power generation. Unit 1 was commissioned in 1974. It was equipped with a VVER-440 reactor - a light-water reactor designed in the former USSR, belonging to the large family of pressurized water reactors. Between 1975 and 1991 five more units were commissioned on the plant site. Thus, Kozloduy NPP became the major power supplier in Bulgaria providing for 45% of the total generation in the country.