Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov (M) joined a conference, dedicated to the challenges that Bulgaria faces after its accession to the EU, organized by leading trade union CITUB. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
Bulgaria's energy minister echoed Thursday hopes that the two decommissioned nuke units may be brought back to life.
"There is hope for the future of Kozloduy units 3 and 4, but first we should groom the public opinion in the region. They should be the mouthpiece, not we," Rumen Ovcharov said cautiously. He added that Bulgaria has already ruffled the feathers of Macedonia and Kosovo.
Minister Ovcharov joined a conference, dedicated to the challenges that Bulgaria faces after its accession to the EU, organized by leading trade union, the Confederation of Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB).
A day earlier Bulgaria's former EU-Affairs minister and now EU commissioner Meglena Kuneva said that the country may approach the European Union council of energy ministers to consider putting back into operations its two decommissioned nuke units.
She spoke three days after the country shut down the reactors at its sole Kozloduy nuclear power station to meet the safety requirements of the European Union.
Bulgaria joined the European Union on January 1, 2007.