Russian Gas Supply Crisis Spurs Calls To Restart Bohunice, Kozloduy Units

摘要

As Russia cut off gas supplies through Ukraine early this month, governments in Slovakia and Bulgaria raised the prospect of reopening Soviet-design nuclear units they closed as a requirement for joining the European Union. Both Bulgaria and Slovakia get virtually all of their natural gas from Russia through Ukraine. The Slovakian government couldrndecide any day to restart the Bohunice-2 WER-440 unit to stabilize the country's electricity grid, a government spokesman said January 13. A restart decision was postponed following discussions with the European Commission the previous day. The government on January 10 had asked plant operator Javys a.s. to prepare the unit for restart.