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Kozloduy NPP Unit 5 starts operation with US fuel

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The new nuclear fuel is a safe and diversified source of energy, said caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev during a ceremony at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) to mark the switchover to Westinghouse fuel in Unit 5 of the power station

Also attending the event to mark the launch of the alternative fuel in Unit 5 were caretaker Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov, US Ambassador Kenneth Merten and representatives from Westinghouse, the US nuclear fuel supplier.

Meanwhile, the renovated Sestrimo hydroelectric power station was inaugurated. It is a key unit in the Belmeken-Sestrimo-Momina Klisura cascade and is the largest Bulgarian hydropower plant, comparable in capacity to one of the units at Kozloduy NPP. In pumped storage mode, the same water resource is used, making the complex a green battery of natural energy.



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